this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's just fine with me. Quality > quantity

Some of the best forums I use have just a handful of active users

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But quantity and quality are linked. If only, say, 0.1% of people will post high quality content, that means you need to attract a thousand people to get a high quality poster. You can't just put up a sign that says "high quality posters only". Plenty of quality posters also want an audience, so they'll go where the people are and leave if that audience isn't there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This. I love reddit r/askhistorians and r/askphilosophy. But the vast fkn majority of people are not qualified to answer historical or philosophical questions. In these cases you need a lot of people on the site.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok, and I'll go where I like the most people I like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I left reddit for many reasons. I don't want most of those people here.

So, to be blunt, I don't care

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

So circling back then, if the high quality posters leave here, sure you'll leave with them and you'll be fine, but it still hurts the fediverse if they leave.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Cutting out huge swaths of users at once just stifles the content including the small percentage of actually quality content. You can't pick out and keep the good stuff when you cut off whole instances. It also brings down the engagement in your own content.

Take your favorite small forum and now split it according to political opinion, now split it again according to if users pirate movies(lol). Your forum is now dead since no one likes speaking into the void.

We should be treasuring the connections, not putting up walls because it makes the circle jerk easier.