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@calmblue75__dup_67238@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

What's with users of fediverse using 'Go back to reddit' as a retort to other users having different views?

I am seeing this pattern a lot lately, whenever a person disagrees strongly or expresses conservative/right wing views, they are told to go back to reddit. You can say ‘Don’t bring these bullshit views to the fediverse,’ or something of that sort. I am a reddit refugee myself, and part of the Reddit API exodus. Being told to go someplace I just left due to ethical reasons feels bad. So, I want to understand why it is being used as a retort. Is it really rude, or am I making a fuss out of nothing?

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@emergencyfood__dup_11331@sh.itjust.works on sh.itjust.works Open parent

Lemmy is older than the Reddit exodus, and historically had stricter moderation. When the exodus happened, the OG lemmy users saw the newcomers as rude at best, and various forms of bigots at worst. So ‘go back to Reddit’ is short-hand for ‘such talk is not welcome here’.

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@LurkingLuddite@piefed.social on piefed.social Open parent

But that is unironically reddit behavior to use such insulting and dismissive language rather than saying… “such talk is not welcome here”. Immaturity shouldn’t be acceptable, even from the “correct” opinion holder.

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@CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on lemmy.sdf.org Open parent

It’s kind of typical human behavior. People love forming little groups and then wailing on outsiders to it.

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@LurkingLuddite@piefed.social on piefed.social Open parent

which is exactly why it shouldn’t be condoned or supported.

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CanadaPlus in !asklemmy

@CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · Mar 01

The thing is, it’s the main emotional motivator there is here.

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