Even a huge subreddit like r/games (17 year old community with 1.1 million weekly visitors) is still heavily carried by a single poster, Turbostrider27

Keep working on your Fediverse communities!

  • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldEnglish
    21·
    8 days ago

    While I agree with your message (how could I not, considering how much I post/comment?), it’s also possible that the example in the screenshot is a bot account.

    I never took part in r/games, but in r/pcgaming, they even made a rule setting 24 hour post limits because it looked like most of the content was from 2-3 accounts that looked to be promotional in nature (almost no comments, just posts, generally covering more mainstream topics/news sources).

    But yes, posting is good. :)

    P.S. Even 10K extra WAUs across all gaming communities would make a massive difference! !games@lemmy.world has 4K WAUs, while Reddit has 1M+ WAU.

      • finitebanjo@piefed.worldEnglish
        214·
        8 days ago

        But you endorsed their actions by saying “Don’t feel awkward about keeping a community alive” and that’s why I directly argued with the point you were making.

        • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comOPEnglish
          13·
          8 days ago

          I think it’s fine for a single user to keep posting to their own/favorite Lemmy community even if it’s small. That’s the only point I’m trying to make with my post. Maybe I need to edit my post text to make this clearer?

          • finitebanjo@piefed.worldEnglish
            213·
            8 days ago

            I would leave the text and find a different image, because the image is Reddit and we fucking hate Reddit, it’s kind of the reason this place still exists.

            • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comOPEnglish
              111·
              8 days ago

              my reasoning is people might feel self conscious frequently posting to a community, but this screenshot shows that even big communities do it and still get lots of people together (bots too of course, but also a lot of people)

              • hoppolito@mander.xyzEnglish
                111·
                8 days ago

                I think it’s completely fine. Honestly, I got the idea you were going for instantly, and a Reddit community - being generally way larger than fedi comms - is probably the best vehicle to drive it home.

                Plus I don’t think it’s practical, nor useful, to turn Reddit into the place that shall not be named here. That would feel especially awkward with the outrage generated every time a mention of lemmy.world is taken down over there.

            • higgsboson@piefed.socialEnglish
              41·
              8 days ago

              and we fucking hate Reddit

              Speak for yourself. I reserve hate for people who do me or my loved ones actual harm.

              For me, Reddit is rather like an ex- who went another way in life, but I acknowledge we had some good times. I wouldnt date them again, but I might see them walk by (on a search result) and admire their butt …whilst being careful to avoid being drawn into the toxicity again.

              • finitebanjo@piefed.worldEnglish
                11·
                7 days ago

                The reddit CEO sold all of its users out to train AI on and is getting chummy with Right Wing billionaires in the USA. If you don’t see the harm caused by a social media platform swinging right then you’ve got the wool on.