At least on the communities i follow. Every so often I come across a thread where i recognize most of the users there even in the big communities with over 30k members and I haven’t even been on lemmy that long.
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
it’s ironic coming from you, I literally recognize you
Not everything online needs an /s
I use both reddit and lemmy and for the most part, I’ll see similar or the same articles shared/posted on both platforms. I don’t mind, it actually makes me feel like one day Lemmy might grow enough to the point where I use reddit less and less.
using multiple platforms I see the same users from time to time but I never really cared about who’s posting or commenting
not a bot at least
We’re looking sat you PugJesus! 😎
I’m just here so I don’t get fined.
It’s called a community. If Reddit doesn’t seem like this anymore, it’s because half those people are actually AI.
Yes. I’ve been posting to subs around here too. I like it cause everybody will probably see your post and you’ll get engagement from real people. We also have common interests on here that things are pretty interesting.
Well it is not hard to love pineapple 🍍😄
I’m commenting to boost engagement!
I’m engaged in your comment
I am engaged with your engagement.
Congrats! When’s the wedding?
The reason for that is Lemmy Social Score, aka karma. Most of the people on the internet are looking for a validation from online randos and this prevents them from posting unpopular points of view. Hide score from the users and you will see way more posts and comments.
Personally I think it’s because Lemmy users tend to lean towards an older/more mature audience; and that crowd tends to comment less often in general.
but then there’s no sorting to it all and it functions on bumps like 4chan. not necessarily a better system.
the real reason is that 90% of users on any social media site only lurk. the users that post tend to post a lot. these are just natural things that work out that way due to human nature. confidence and extroversion are some of the last things to make it to niche social media.
You can still do the voting and the sorting without actually showing it publicly. This would make discussions a lot more genuine
Call me old fashion but the best system was and is good old forum. Posts and comments are order by posting date. No points, no bumps, just a regular timeline.
As for the lurkers, I still believe that removing Lemmy Social Score would cause more people to engage.
Whats this social score? I didnt think lemmy had a karma system, honestly i bet mine is terrible.
I use sync if that makes a different.
most forums had bump rules. any new comment jumped a post back to the top, like 4chan.
Not the good old 90s forums. You could stick the post but all posts and comments were displayed in chronological order.
I can’t speak to Lemmy specifically but my Reddit years were ages 15-30. I think I got my fill of arguing on the internet then.
I write a lot of comments on Lemmy that I end up deleting before posting because I just don’t want the hassle of arguing with someone about it who is being deliberately obtuse or arguing in bad faith.
That’s not an indictment of Lemmy specifically, but I think my lack of interest in those arguments comes with age and I suspect my story isn’t unique, the demographics will line up for a lot of Lemmy users.
That’s not an indictment of Lemmy specifically
For me this is a major, glaring problem with Lemmy. The obtuse and bad faith arguments are a constant problem here. Some of the things that get upvoted are wildly wrong, openly biased, and would be ridiculed in most other settings.
If not for instances like Lemmy.ml and hexbear it wouldn’t be so bad, but even if they disappeared, the Lemmy user base is an echochamber that’s out of touch with reality.
How so? Can you list some examples of upvoted things that are wildly wrong?
There are more popular people that hang out and comment often in the main communities, then there are people who pass by. I know on Reddit I’ve seen certain people pop up frequently in certain communities. It’s a smaller platform so you see the popular ones more often but it’s not that unusual.
You’ve been very busy talking to several of my puppet accounts.
Nope, it is.
In a way it’s kinda cool though. Feels more like a community.
FlyingSquid is our mrbabyman.
You were there at the beginning too, I see
The ratio of commenter/poster to lurker is always pretty lopsided. I also never read user names.
