Ask Lemmy

Am I lemmy famous yet?

Yes. I think that's notmal, no? Some people have more time than others, and care more intensely about some topics.

Others are bots and paid shills too, just trying to earn a living.

Yep. Lemmy isn't that big and it is generally the case that an online space is like an iceberg, with only some of the users seen a lot.

Reddit was much larger, but it was the same and noticeable when you were active enough.

My rule of thumb was, if 100 people see a post, 10% vote on it, 1% comment on it.

There's also the fact that most active users that also comment regularly, don't browse the hot page but catch the posts earlier. So there will always be names that show up more often than others, that have already said what's going to be said.

On Lemmy there's a lot of instances that are kind of radical and have a vast interest in spreading their radical ideology in other instances, so they'll show up as well on a regular depending on the topic.

I gotta admit that I didn't start noticing regular users yet, only the trolls that I tag.

That's how social media like this works. It was the same on Reddit but the user base was larger so it would be a little more difficult to notice. A very small percentage of users actually post and since we're already a pretty small community you'll notice the same people more easily.

Yeah, that's what you get with smaller communities, you tend to see the same people over and over.

I'm everywhere!

Hello! :D

I don’t see that as a problem personally

There are more popular people that hang out and comment often in the main communities, then there are people who pass by. I know on Reddit I've seen certain people pop up frequently in certain communities. It's a smaller platform so you see the popular ones more often but it's not that unusual.

I dont notice it a whole lot mainly cos i dont really care who im talking to tbh. I do wonder if my username stands out tho?

Ironically, I don't see any of the regular users I see in every community on this thread.

In the community I post in and read the most, I certainly recognize almost every poster. But in all communities, I recognize the most prolific of posters, but few others.

What helps me is having the perspective that people change from moment to moment, and we don't see enough moments in a row to pick out a pattern generally. Even if I see the same names, it helps to treat them with new eyes everytime. Also makes it easier to catch someone on a bad day but then have a nice conversation the next.

We're looking sat you PugJesus! 😎