Yes. Wait ‘till you learn that people also comment before reading the article in an article discussion as well.

People are in habit of posting without checking the community on a pretty regular basis. :/

Sadly yes, the fediverse is small and smaller communities are dead enough that you practically have to engage /r/all if you want enough content to keep you preoccupied on a day-to-day basis. Though being “brigaded” even happened on Reddit, though less often.

I’m childfree myself and it feels like everyone brigading is proving the point about why we need a community to vent, but sometimes I admit if I see a sublemmy circlejerking too much (any Linux worshipping/big tech hating one) I’m not afraid to leave comments pushing back.

Yes, that's the social aspect of social media.

Yes. It's the fediverse, it's tiny and people are just trying to contribute.