I can mindlessly reply no problem. But in the few times I’ve stopped myself from replying, I’ve asked, “will this post and potential replies bring me any value, be it educational, entertaining or similar?”
If you already went through the trouble of collecting facts and have the nerves, go for it. There are too many idiots filling the comment sections of most social media platforms. Don’t let them be the only ones who are being heard / read. We need more of those usually silent people speaking up.
I used to think that Reddit was the worst about that but Lemmy has topped it. Reddit would be filled with comments from people that were off about something small that I’m a SME about. People on Lemmy like to engage in entire comment chains that are just flat out wrong that they’re confidently incorrect about.
Honestly, I just made a post on conservative, the usual peanut gallery showed up. I wanted to reply to them all, didn’t because I didn’t want the arguments, and realized I’ve been doing it a lot lately.
I’ve been on the internet long enough I can have the entire argument with myself at this point. I’ve taken to just posting what I want and forgetting about it. They can’t all be bangers.
I often will do this. At the end of writing a comment I ask myself “is my desire to comment satisfied by writing this comment, is it more about me writing it than other people reading it, is the response to the comment more likely to bring bain than joy?” The answers often lead me to just closing the comment page rather than posting it, and I feel fine about that.
I almost always post the reply. But, if it’s “not worth it” I just put in very, very low effort. Keep responding, but make it clear you’re putting in very little effort. Like letting a boxer punch themselves out. Just laugh at how they keep going. It’s pretty entertaining sometimes.
A lot. I more conservative and vote Republican, so you can imagine the shit I have to read every day on Lemmy and Reddit…it’s like a 24/7 hate fest for the Right. So, when I start to respond to something negative about Republicans…I just say forget…I’ll just be down voted to hell, banned, cussed at…etc…
Not worth the stress. I mostly only post now if my comment is helpful (like someone is asking a question and I know the answer) or I’m posting something positive. I learned not to get into it with folks. I do not post in political or news or opinionated areas, and mostly stopped reading them. Someone always has the opposite opinion, and instead of being kind about it, they snipe and snark (you’re lucky if you get just that!)
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