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Why? Are we not doing enough? (file.coffee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 428 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Honestly a lot of it is probably people getting comfortable lurking again, Lemmy only counts post and comments as active users

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  • [–] 132 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    So glad I decided to stop lurking and actually start participating right as the whole fediverse dies out, it's not just lemmy.

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  • [–] 92 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I find it more comfortable to contribute to Lemmy than to other sites. There seems to be actual discussion and opportunities to learn, which can be much harder to come across on the other platforms.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And fewer comments that are clearly a chat bot.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    When you come across a ‘user’ that almost exclusively defends one controversial politician/company/government and all of their comments seem to follow a script. Also the account is either brand new or 5 years old but only started posting recently.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That I agree with. I don't post often but when I do it's always very positive and makes me want to post more . Compared to Reddit where it would have alot more negative comments or would just get removed by the mods for some stupid reason. Did you know you can no longer post on r/buildapc about asking for suggestions on building PC's ? What's even the point anymore?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Did you know you can no longer post on r/buildapc about asking for suggestions on building PC’s ?

    Yeah it's like a sub for a specific narrow purpose then people get buthurt about how people are always making the same posts over and over. So they turn it in to a wiki to "address repetitive spam" or whatever, so at that point you might as well just refer to one of the hundreds of other build lists found on other reputable sites. A lot of the productive hobby subs turn in to "hey check out my [reddit hyped product]!" and people actually posting things they've put effort in get little to no attention.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I comment on stuff to try to make discussions active, it rarely works.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It has to be authentic, you can't just comment to comment.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's just not true. I've made comments that I thought desirve no reply but humans find a way. If there's no comments to read the shared content just isn't that interesting. If I see comments then the shared content must be interesting enough to justify a discussion.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    This is something I've learned from online game forums. You actually have to be divisive to get a high amount of concurrent users.

    It only seems to be the shit-shows that anyone feels obligated to post in.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well I think you're wrong, fuck you and your opinion /s

    I actually don't know to what extent I agree with you, but your theory certainly feels plausible to me. It reminds me of the internet adage about how the best way to get a right answer to your question is to be wrong. I can't remember what it's called.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cunningham's law. And just to buck the trend, you didn't have to get it wrong to get the right answer ;).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Aye, cunningham seemingly meant it as the fastest answer though, which was the sentence right afterwards in that wiki entry. So maybe mr. anarchist-with-a-machine-fetish would have gotten an answer earlier if he had said it was the anti-murphy's law.

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  • [+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Time to step out of the shadows then 🤭

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Commenting so I‘m active :)

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't know how long it counts it for, but I try to remember to comment something like once every two weeks or something

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I take a break over the weekend. If I comment, I need to check the client every hour or so. I don't want replies/rebuttals to linger without a response if it is warranted. I need to work on my car projects and can't be bothered with online interactions whilst doing so.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Well, as they say: “I’m going my part”.

    I try to make it a point to post questions on communities that have not kicked off yet, knowing that I most likely will not receive a response for a while.

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