A Reddit thread by a former therapist with practical psychology tips on convincing people to move.

  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    can’t understand how difficult it seems to understand something that obvious for way too many of us

    Would it be a wild assumption that the type of people who are often drawn to be tech/computer geeks are also over represented by people on the spectrum? Could explain some of that “mentality”.

    But believe that there are still plenty of us who do know how to talk to other human beings without belittling them. And you’re a good person for pointing all this out, what you highlighted in your comment. It shows you have a lot of empathy. 👍

    • Libb@piefed.socialM
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      Would it be a wild assumption that the type of people who are often drawn to be tech/computer geeks are also over represented by people on the spectrum? Could explain some of that “mentality”.

      Maybe but I would not be able to say. I would also fear to allow myself to conclude anything out of… not enough data.

      But believe that there are still plenty of us who do know how to talk to other human beings without belittling them.

      I have no doubt about that. I just shared my personal/direct impression as a user entering the fediverse. Something that I see too often repeating itself, even after all this time… while at the same time the amount of active users remains so sadly… not big enough.

      I think Lemmy/Piefed can be a lot better than Reddit (I have zero desire to move back to Reddit) but for that to happen we badly need a lot more content and more participation, aka we need a lot more active users. And I don’t think this will ever happen as long as we allow the most… let’s say the more radical among us decide what and who is OK and what and who is not OK around here. Obviously, this is just my opinion.