Just making sure I’m in the right place. I cannot see any developed communities here so I’ve started wondering, what’s the real place everyone from Reddit has moved to? I’ve heard something about Discuit, but never tried it.

  • 1984@lemmy.today
    511·
    10 months ago

    You made 38 comments in two months yourself, so… Maybe contribute?

    I don’t mean to upset you, but honestly, we get the experience we create here. We can’t be passive and expect others to create interesting content for us.

    • dmrzl@programming.dev
      12·
      10 months ago

      Tbf the user you responded to neither complained nor claimed to expect anything from anyone. They simply stated a pretty spot on observation.

      • 1984@lemmy.today
        45·
        10 months ago

        Ok sure. But my point is, we really get what we create here. People shouldn’t complain about not much posts or comments if they don’t contribute to them themselves.

        • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de
          5·
          10 months ago

          Idk. Some people have the motto, only speak up if you’re sure you have anything of value to say. I think that’s okay, too. Many people spam their opinion everywhere. Or just write low-quality comments that don’t really contribute. It makes it more content, but mainly more noise. And that’s not necessarily a good thing.

          • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            I’ve gone back and forth on this. I figure as long as there’s a comment they’ll view it and then maybe leave a higher quality one of their own.

          • 1984@lemmy.today
            33·
            10 months ago

            Sure. Memes is one thing I see a lot on Lemmy, and I unsubscribed to some communities because it just took over. To me that’s low quality, but to others it could be the best content ever.

            • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de
              1·
              10 months ago

              Yeah, I’ve heard several people complain about the meme communities. There are a few that post lots of stuff and overshadow the real stuff. If you don’t happen to find out how to do it, I can understand why you’d be annoyed and not join Lemmy.

              But I was talking more about low quality content like writing a cheap joke that is very obvious. Or being the 10th person to just agree in slightly different words instead of upvoting the first comment. Or having meaningless arguments. I kinda do all of that. But it’s more a social media thing and wasted time, than something advancing society or my own life.

              And some other people just write 5 comments a month in topics they really know something about, and use their spare time to read the remaining Terry Pratchett novels instead.

              • 1984@lemmy.today
                11·
                10 months ago

                I do it too… It may be low quality but its kind of like meeting friends - not everything someone says is going to be very interesting but at least it’s socializing…

                • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de
                  1·
                  10 months ago

                  That’s true. And there are a few positive aspects. I like talking to different people across the globe. I wouldn’t know about the struggles of everyday American life or the UK healthcare fuckups if I wasn’t here. And sometimes you get into an argument and get to learn stuff. It’s just still a form of social media. I think you still got to pay attention not to overdo stuff and participate in the conversations that are good for you. It is still easy to waste your time. Albeit not as easy as doomscrolling on Reddit or YouTube.