Obviously, the internet has always been a toxic place, (the phrase “flame war” has been around for decades,) but it seems to have gotten so much worse over the last few years. I used to think decentralization of the internet would fix the worst of it, but Lemmy seems to have gotten worse alongside the rest of internet culture, proving me wrong. How do we fix/improve this culture of toxicity?
I would warn that you can see different results across language barriers. Some games actually have much nicer communities in other languages.
It shows you there are different circumstances leading to the vein of toxicity, but the causes might be much larger than a moderation team could tackle.