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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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After the reddit exodus I started creating memes for the first time and posting them on Lemmy. I've learned that it's harder to be funny than I thought. Also a lot of time/effort and I have actually important things in my life that I focus on. Reposting was also kinda fun but what's the point really

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Real talk ☝️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes. Don’t look at usernames.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

FlyingSquid is our mrbabyman.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Most people are probably pretty passive, so yeah, I think there's a subset of posters who are highly visible. But even over at Hacker News, where there's a much larger audience commenting, I recognize specific names because something they said in the past got my attention and I start piecing together their personality a bit at a time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kinda yeah. BUT my comment to lurk ratio is still less than I did on Reddit. So even my few contributions are still more than I ever really did on Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No there's like four of us

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I post more on Lemmy since I think people will actually read what I wrote. I used to post a lot on Reddit too, but that was MANY years ago.

However one of the big reasons I post is to hopefully get the conversation started. I figure with zero comments someone is less likely to post. With one stupid comment, someone might respond.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I have no idea what you're talking about, says the chump who has a series of precisely 103 formulaic knife reviews posted here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hello cousin! Wanna go bowling?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Don't saw much in English, but in French yes it looks like we are 3 or 4 users

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I can't believe this guy, we're not all bots!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Speak for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I understand what he's saying, I've seen the same usernames respond to different threads before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a smaller community, you're going to see the same names, stop making it seem like a conspiracy!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gotta appreciate the dedication here. Well played.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Ahh! Social contact!!! Kill it with fire!!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can’t believe this guy, we’re not all bots!

I hate when people assume everyone who disagrees with them are bots!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I recognize most of the users there even in the big communities with over 30k members

Communities with 30k members could really do with pruning the completely inactive ones. It's not like there's any commercial reasons to pretend that places are busier than they actually are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I disagree. There is nothing to be gained by removing people from a group. You can't predict when they might suddenly become active and by removing them you're abrogating their ability to participate.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you identify as being part of this class?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I comment quite a lot and post relatively often, so i do think i am one of the handful of users I'm referring to. Whether my contributions make any difference is what i don't know

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You've been very busy talking to several of my puppet accounts.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

No but I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It's a village vibe, grab onto the grapevine

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