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.
Yes. Don’t look at usernames.
I notice a lot of the same people in most of the popular posts. I guess it’s because the quantity of people that usually comment vs voting or just reading post is pretty low, so you’ll start to recognize them everywhere
It makes me wonder if people recognize me from other posts I comment on!
Everyone on lemmy is a bot except you.
Hello! :D
Like the others said, the ratio of posters/lurkers on most social media sites is 10/90, and i think that lemmy is on the better, more active side of things. in a 30k community that means that you will see about 300 people commenting regularly, and 30 of them will be very active.
i also like the smaller scope here, fewer comments mean that my opinion will be engaged with more.
I rarely commented on reddit, because one little comment in a swarm of 2500 will not even be noticed. It’s different here, and i wrote over 400 comments this year! i maxed out at about 100 on reddit because my comments wouldn’t even be noticed most of the time if i didn’t filter by new.
There’s one user that seems to be everywhere and it’s probably the same user everyone is thinking of right now lol.
I’m also surprised I come across other “agents” on here more frequently than I would expect.
Yeah, that guy’s everywhere. Assuming we’re thinking of the same person, which i think we are
I pop in every month or so. I’ll see ya around!
Ye, and I’m mostly fine with it (I just wish this place had more stuff that wasn’t necessarily political, like “interests” type of stuff like comicbooks. We have some, and thankfully Linux is a big one, but I just wish there was more!)
I agree…
We’re looking sat you PugJesus! 😎
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
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.
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.
I’m young and sometimes I refrain from commenting because either A) I don’t have any experience on the subject or B) There’s too many adults and the discussions are book chapters long.
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.
