Where am I gonna post? One of the 12 meme communities that make up 99% of posts, or one of the 12,000 communities where the last post was four months ago and it had two comments, one of which was a bot summary?
Are you complaining about the niche communities not having any activity, but not posting anything there yourself? I could've sworn i saw a meme about just such a thing, if only i could find it.
But in all seriousness, most "dead" communities have many lurkers that are joined but not posting, so posting there isn't necessarily a waste of time
Yeah... You're doing your part. Your part to the power of .05! HA!! GOT'EEEM!
Hahahaha. But seriously, I get it. Finding good/great content isn't that easy. But that's one of the best things we can do as an instance collective. Commenting adds to the discussion and can also enrich the posted content as well.
Just post about what you find interesting and try to put a funny spin on it. I've made posts about all sorts of topics/cultures that I'm genuinely curious about whenever I make an observation that I think could make people chuckle.
I'm a fairly prolific poster. At least commenter. I started a community here for a subreddit I miss. I've even got 97 subscribers. Three of us post anything, and I am by-far the most active of those three. I highly suspect that's an expected ratio of lurkers to posters. Meaning, if I want a reasonable number of engagement, I need to get like thirty times as many subscribers. I can't see that happening any time soon unless Reddit actually collapses.
Biggest problem for me is that the community I'm most active in (/r/hockey) didn't even try to move away from Reddit and since that's where I'm the most active, I don't make those posts here because I can't, its just not worth it because nobody will see it. Same goes for some video game communities, they also did not even try to move and some of the devs actually read those niche subs, so there's no point in moving. I like kbin/Lemmy, but its just not at the same level with some of those subs.
Because it's like a dozen fucking people who post 90% of the content. I blocked like, I dunno -- 20 people, and it took care of MOST of the weird ass fetish stuff popping up in my feed, leaving the odd cutie here or there.
I'd rather have a severe lack of farmed content, for a lot more genuine posts. Regardless of if it's "dead" or not. If I see users with like 20k post points, and 100 comment points, I block them.
If there was a way to automatically do this (only show content from users with a certain ratio of posts to comments), I would.
How is that weird? Most normal people comment far more than they post content. It's content and link farmers, as well as bots who have the ratios that they do when it comes to posts vs comments.
Like you... thumbsnap, thumbsnap, thumbsnap, thumbsnap... same fucking domain over and over again. Just farming up hoovered content, stripping original authors and lacking credit on where the content came from. You're a great example, thanks for the reply.
Don't listen to them, you do good work friend. I know holidays can be rough and depression makes everything harder. I'm just a pm away if you need a sympathetic ear who gets it
I'm doing it to drive traffic to communities I run (and the platform in a more general sense). I'm not a bot, I don't care about personal upvotes or boosts. Small reddit-like sites need content.
I mean, content is great -- and you're not a person I'd consider for blocking. Your ratio of content to comments is lopsided toward the content, but it's not like these guys with 400k post and 2k comments. There's a threshold. I block people who aren't genuinely interested in communication on the platform.
You can post a fuckton and still be "geniue" like most of my shitposting is shit I see on Instagram. The fact of the matter is if there was no content then this site would go dead. And then you'd leave. Do you see the catch 22 of your attitude? Honestly, you seem like a extremely pretentious person. The kind of person that just looks for a vague idea of perfection and lives in a perpetual state of disappointment when nothing matches it.
i don't post much.. i make a comment every now and then, but i enjoy reading what the posters put out there. not everything has to be plenty for me to enjoy, nor does it have to be like reddit, facebook, twitter, etc. but i get it.
I know that I for one am probably alone here, but I'm really getting tired of the meme only content. I get it, it's funny but in most cases it just turns lemmy into a tumblr clone with furries and nsfw (so like an old tumblr clone).
Shit, they're standing right behind me, aren't they...
Don't look at me: Complaining is too much effort.
What the hell am I supposed to post? Where do you think I get content?
You are suppose to post about future Oscar winning movie, Barbie, silly!
Same thing here: as much as I wouldn't mind to post, I just don't know what !!
Where am I gonna post? One of the 12 meme communities that make up 99% of posts, or one of the 12,000 communities where the last post was four months ago and it had two comments, one of which was a bot summary?
Are you complaining about the niche communities not having any activity, but not posting anything there yourself? I could've sworn i saw a meme about just such a thing, if only i could find it.
But in all seriousness, most "dead" communities have many lurkers that are joined but not posting, so posting there isn't necessarily a waste of time
The fact is that if you arent into Linux, piracy, shitting on Elon or communism a lot of Lemmy is pretty shit.
I was super active on Reddit in a lot of communities that are just straight up wastelands here.
You can go to one of the 120 linux communities to brag about your arch desktop rice!
I personally am 99% of the posts in one of said niche communities. Plants won't grow if you don't put effort into growing them, why would communities?
Yes.
Pff, I'll have you know that I created a single post in the past 5 months. I'm doing my part!
Yeah... You're doing your part. Your part to the power of .05! HA!! GOT'EEEM!
Hahahaha. But seriously, I get it. Finding good/great content isn't that easy. But that's one of the best things we can do as an instance collective. Commenting adds to the discussion and can also enrich the posted content as well.
But I only scroll here!
Should we just start teasing people for having 0 posts?
Oy! I'll have you know, I'm a professional leech.
4 posts. You got me beat!
Maybe the default mode for new users should be top-6h. I've been using it for a while now and the flow of content is perfect.
Oh man did not realize Liftoff had a setting for this. Top 6h default activated.
Sometimes I'm the only one posting in some smaller communities. I looked back one day and was like, shit those are all from me.
I'm in danger !
I don’t post. I didn’t post on Reddit and I’m very likely not going to start posting now.
I’m simply just not interested in making posts and won’t bother
It's like saying: don't like the current Hollywood movies? Why dont YOU make Hollywood movies. Im here to watch not to create.
You wouldn't like my content anyway
I'm going to keep posting this everywhere it's relevant: if you downvote oc, you are discouraging more people from posting.
Dunno what to post. Got nothing really interesting going on in my life
Just post about what you find interesting and try to put a funny spin on it. I've made posts about all sorts of topics/cultures that I'm genuinely curious about whenever I make an observation that I think could make people chuckle.
sorry. but at least I don't complain. I love this place and it's people as they are and never going back to reddit.
They posted the complaint, didn't they?
It's the new bean meme, quick someone combine "not enough content"+beans+stroganoff+Stör
Listen, I had a good streak of star trek memes until my life became pure chaos
I'm not so much a posting type of guy as I'm a commenting type of guy. Does this count?
What band is this?
I'm a fairly prolific poster. At least commenter. I started a community here for a subreddit I miss. I've even got 97 subscribers. Three of us post anything, and I am by-far the most active of those three. I highly suspect that's an expected ratio of lurkers to posters. Meaning, if I want a reasonable number of engagement, I need to get like thirty times as many subscribers. I can't see that happening any time soon unless Reddit actually collapses.
Biggest problem for me is that the community I'm most active in (/r/hockey) didn't even try to move away from Reddit and since that's where I'm the most active, I don't make those posts here because I can't, its just not worth it because nobody will see it. Same goes for some video game communities, they also did not even try to move and some of the devs actually read those niche subs, so there's no point in moving. I like kbin/Lemmy, but its just not at the same level with some of those subs.
Oh hey Balderdash, good to see your posts again :D
You're a real one Exusia 🫡
Because it's like a dozen fucking people who post 90% of the content. I blocked like, I dunno -- 20 people, and it took care of MOST of the weird ass fetish stuff popping up in my feed, leaving the odd cutie here or there.
I'd rather have a severe lack of farmed content, for a lot more genuine posts. Regardless of if it's "dead" or not. If I see users with like 20k post points, and 100 comment points, I block them.
If there was a way to automatically do this (only show content from users with a certain ratio of posts to comments), I would.
So if you post content and never comment you should be blocked? Weird way of operating.
How is that weird? Most normal people comment far more than they post content. It's content and link farmers, as well as bots who have the ratios that they do when it comes to posts vs comments.
Like you... thumbsnap, thumbsnap, thumbsnap, thumbsnap... same fucking domain over and over again. Just farming up hoovered content, stripping original authors and lacking credit on where the content came from. You're a great example, thanks for the reply.
Don't listen to them, you do good work friend. I know holidays can be rough and depression makes everything harder. I'm just a pm away if you need a sympathetic ear who gets it
I'm doing it to drive traffic to communities I run (and the platform in a more general sense). I'm not a bot, I don't care about personal upvotes or boosts. Small reddit-like sites need content.
You're doing good work and you don't deserve such hate or bullshit.
Keep doing what you're doing. I don't know what their problem is.
I mean, content is great -- and you're not a person I'd consider for blocking. Your ratio of content to comments is lopsided toward the content, but it's not like these guys with 400k post and 2k comments. There's a threshold. I block people who aren't genuinely interested in communication on the platform.
It’s an image host. What host do you prefer?
you really took that personally and couldn't resist outing yourself, huh?
No I comment quite a bit and try to be helpful.
You can post a fuckton and still be "geniue" like most of my shitposting is shit I see on Instagram. The fact of the matter is if there was no content then this site would go dead. And then you'd leave. Do you see the catch 22 of your attitude? Honestly, you seem like a extremely pretentious person. The kind of person that just looks for a vague idea of perfection and lives in a perpetual state of disappointment when nothing matches it.
So I'm blocked?
i don't post much.. i make a comment every now and then, but i enjoy reading what the posters put out there. not everything has to be plenty for me to enjoy, nor does it have to be like reddit, facebook, twitter, etc. but i get it.
I try my best :)
posting takes effort.
I dont want to make effort.
I just want to shit on other peoples effort. /internet
Why did they lean forward?
Who? Me?
Content
Bam!
I know that I for one am probably alone here, but I'm really getting tired of the meme only content. I get it, it's funny but in most cases it just turns lemmy into a tumblr clone with furries and nsfw (so like an old tumblr clone).
Is this a stock image? There is so much going on here.