A little maybe, but not much.
I’ve seen people say they left reddit to join Lemmy because of the toxic users. To each their own, but I personally think Lemmings aren’t much better. Some people over here can’t understand that sensitive questions can be asked without bad intent. People are way too defensive about their opinions.
It is disappointing, but it’s the better option.
If there’s a dogpile here, it usually just earns the user a -25 score on the comment and many blocks, usually just one or two comments push back, which can spiral out into a chain of dozens of replies, and a ban only if the user keeps being obnoxious or clearly breaks rules.
As an example, look at this political comment I made the other day, the first level replies were of sound quality, then in the second level someone decides to be the grammar police and immediately the nested conversation turns to a squabble that’s irrelevant, stupid, and not worth reading. Only the first level replies reach my inbox. My point is that good quality contributions get mostly decent quality comments back (including both praise and constructive criticism), while ragebait and flamebait begets a flame war.