a.k.a. the 90–9–1 principle. Does the Fediverse follow this rule, or are there more creators here as early adopters? Are you a creator, a participator or a lurker?
The question seems to imply that this ratio is problematic, but it is in fact fine.
There this sense now that “being a creator” has intrinsic value, but this value is an artifact of platforms that exploit its users creations. So much so that we now have an immense amount of low quality fast food grade, in fact toxic, content. Content pollution.
So, whatever the ratio is. If you want to post post, if you want to comment comment, if you want to lurk lurk.
As long as we are all enjoying the experience, who cares?
Fair, but for lemmy to truly take off, people need to be actively posting and commenting. If people don’t have interest in that, lurkers won’t come.
Right. It needs to work well for people who like posting and commenting.
I will post as I find communities that align with my interests. I comment where I feel I have something to say. I will lurk elsewhere.
I’m a lurker, but I’m going to try to participation more.
Yep. Lurker here. In the sense that I upvote but don’t post or create content. I am just not witty enough to make a joke or creative enough to write a long winded content. But I do what I do and I think it’s alright.
God, the rare few times i put any time and effort into making something it would just get shit on. Lol
I felt the same on reddit. So far lemmy seems more positive
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In a threaded site like Reddit or Lemmy, one liners and higher effort comments can coexist. I enjoyed the joking around, sing alongs, even the puns. Then you keep scrolling or collapse the thread and you can get to the more serious replies.
As long as the comments are in good faith or good fun and try to add something, I approve of them.
It was the bad faith stuff, people trying to compete in the victim Olympics (not saying that victims shouldn’t speak up, I mean the people who are just looking for the next thing to be offended about), and attention whoring that I didn’t like. Also the people obsessed with tying every conversation back to what group of people they hate or their political position or the political position they hate. Though I guess on the bright side, those ones did make me feel better about the possibility the world will end soon.
The nice thing about this right now is that you don’t need to feel witty or creative to post stuff as long as it fits the community you’re in. There aren’t enough people to compete with for posts to get attention, that’s the main attraction to smaller social media environments: you feel like you matter more.
I’d wager most posters also just repost content rather than make original content. I post often to c/undertale_deltarune but it’s just fanart made by others (with credit of course). And I think it goes without saying that most memes are just reposts.
I am a talentless fool posting nonsense, don’t let your lack of wit or creativity hold you back!
Exactly. Just fart into the wind like the rest of us.
I’ll lurk on your content.
I’m mostly a lurker, pretty rarely commenting and posting even less, but I’m trying to be more active on lemmy. I just don’t feel like I ever have anything interesting to contribute to any discussion.
Trust me, I have zero worth to post anyways. And even if I did, someone else would have posted it well before I had chance.
Not to mention my views are often not agreed with (GIF is pronounced with a hard G and I will die on this hill!).
Hey, I’m with you here. At least with the gif part.
Full time lurker. Part time commenter. No time creator.
Same here, I think I posted like two things in my 15 years of Reddit to ask a question but I did comment now and then. I imagine it’ll be similar on Lemmy, as much as it needs content I got nothing to really add.
Content for the sake of content is pretty bad too, so don’t force yourself. Conversely, you also don’t have to force yourself to be silent (which other people and I felt on Reddit).
I feel much more motivated to comment compared to post.
I’m normally a lurker but I try to contribute stuff for the sake of the fediverse.
Contributor and participator, but struggling to find niche’s
If you’re looking for a community and it doesn’t exist, click “Create Community” and build it!
I admit it: I’m a lurker 99% of the time. I do partake in the up- and downvoting though.
me too!
And thats still important
Better than having me contribute garbage content and drowning out good content with my garbage. I’ll post when I have something worth posting
Oh my gosh, reddit was bad about that, r/crappydesign is an archive of mild mistakes rather than really funny errors like you see in reddit’s ‘top’ sorting or the YT videos condencing (or not) the content to the best of the best. Id rather crappy design be 30 amazing posts than 3000 eh ones (also: see dead internet theory)
I have been posting and commenting a LOT more than I ever did on Reddit. Some small part of that is a desire to grow the platform and my communities.
I’ve commented more here than I did the past 9 years on Reddit. I also created Watch Party, where people can watch a movie together and discuss it in a live thread, similar to sporting events. Starship Troopers was the proof of concept, and it was a fun time. I’m hoping it’ll gain some more traction in the coming months and encourage anyone to check out the pinned “Getting Started” post if you’re interested in hosting a watch party as well.
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !watch_party@lemmy.world
Good bot.
@ChatGPT@lemmings.world are there good bots?
Absolutely! There are many bots designed to provide useful services and improve the functionality of online communities. Some bots can help moderate content, others can help handle community engagement, and some even provide educational content or useful information related to specific topics. However, they have no personal agenda or feelings as they operate based on the algorithms and instructions given in their programming. Hence, whether a bot is good or bad can often be subjective and based on the way they’re programmed and used in the community.
Good bot.
Also: Good! Bots! This is the first one I’ve seen.
Same here.
Time to contribute to a platform that I can believe in.
Me too, keep it up 🤘
1% rule: most people lurk, do you??
Me: 😶🌫️
It’s ok to say hello 😀
I’d say partway between participator and lurker. Sometimes I just don’t really have a lot to say.
That’s what I’m struggling with too. I was far more likely to reply than post top level comments on posts. Something I need to push past.
Mostly a creator, back when I used Twitter and Facebook I used it as a write only medium. On the fediverse I try to read some stuff also and participate by commenting and voting.
I’m primarily a lurker. I’ve been trying to be better about participating lately because I’d like to help the fediverse grow and be a meaningful online meeting place.
Same! As an introvert it is not easy though.
This is me too! I can be the quiet type even online. I enjoy sitting back and reading the discussion more than participating. Let’s see if I can break the habit though.
