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I keep seeing the same names popping up. I think it's rather cute!

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[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 86 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Somebody has to fill this place with content...

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 59 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Comments and votes are content too.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sorry, I'm just making a bad joke about my frankly unhealthy posting habits.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 45 points 9 months ago

There's two reasons for that:

  1. Lemmy is still small (compared to centralized social media).

  2. We all chose to be here instead of mainstream social media for a reason, so we've all got something in common.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 34 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yes, that's one of the nice aspects.

Thanks to @throws_lemy@lemmy.nz and @BrikoX@lemmy.zip for their tech posts, and @ZeroCool@slrpnk.net and @realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city for the movies posts, you guys rock

[–] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 12 points 9 months ago

Back at ya Blaze, it’s always a pleasure running into the other moviesandtv regulars!

[–] OperationPuppet@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

I would suggest there’s also a lot of lurkers and folks who just don’t post much. I’ve noticed The Fediverse has a good and healthy number of folks on the Autism spectrum, and it’s not surprising they don’t actively post a lot.

It’s a lesson I learned being a professional puppet builder (yes you read that right) and running a little community around the craft. There’s a lot of people on the spectrum in that field too. They may not post a whole lot, but they are definitely engaged.

The freedom to have a voice is also the freedom to remain quiet 😁

[–] solidgrue@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

Most of you are alright.

[–] BiggestBulb@kbin.run 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Sometimes I feel like @The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website literally keeps my feed (and all my subscriptions) alive. Thank you for your service 🫡

[–] Sekrayray@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago (5 children)

It’s like back in the day of Internet forums. I don’t mind it at all.

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mostly only the very active users moved over from Reddit, so we have a lot of content for not as many people. But it's nice how active and invested most people here seem to be.

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[–] DingoBilly@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (8 children)

That's generally not a good thing...

That means it's more likely to be an echo chamber or just bots auto posting...

You want a lot of diversity - within specific groups sure, the same names are fine but across groups that's a bad sign.

[–] TJDetweiler@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It'll largely be an echo chamber regardless of size. The fediverse tends to lean into tech, and is very left wing. If you don't fit the bill, you are either driven off, de-federated with, or realize the content posted here isn't what you're looking for, and you leave.

I don't mind the small knit community, as I agree with most stuff, but this simply isn't a place you can host competing ideas, or at least not feasibly. This isn't a place for open discussion. You get down voted for your opinion, even if it is a shitty one. This isn't the fediverse I want to see. I want to see people upvoted for their opinion, and enticed to engage with whatever discourse is present, regardless of views. Downvotes should be reserved for trolls, bots, and fascists. Everyone else should be welcome.

[–] Rincewindnz@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is there somewhere online where you can have an "open discussion"? I've been struck a few times by how some ideas (even presented in a balanced way) just get downvoted hard.

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[–] Neil@lemmy.ml 24 points 9 months ago (9 children)

I have a really bad habit of never looking at anyone's names..

[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, Neil, isn't that a little selfish of you!

[–] Neil@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

Yes, whoever you are.

[–] hightrix@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same, but it is a trained habit. I purposefully do not want to look at usernames.

[–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

You'll be having a perfectly nice conversation only to look up and see you're talking to "uwu_yes_daddy" or "aryan_enjoyer88."

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it’s like a village!

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Lemmy is basically my own Animal Crossing.

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[–] ilovecheese@mander.xyz 15 points 9 months ago

Same ol' faces... Almost has the feel of forums of yesteryear...

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how to knit, but it does seem to be gaining in popularity.

[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I view knitting as a state of mind. I think people are thrown off by the fideverse when others try to explain it to them, but once they use it they realize, much like the social media of old, they don't need to fully understand how it works to enjoy it.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

needs human momentum. every bit counts.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 9 months ago

as a former resident of the infopop forums, i liken the fediverse to bulletin boards in the 90s and early 2000s and it's nice - the kind that were super hyper localized by topic but everyone was friendly. :)

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I definitely recognize some of the mods, and some of the key players in the communities that I follow. There's good people here, and I believe it's going to keep getting better.

I wasn't paying attention to usernames as much when I first started. For whatever reason, I've started to pay attention to the names, as well as the instances. I like seeing where people are commenting from, and it even gives some insight into places or things I might be interested in as well.

Sometimes I'll check out a person's profile to see what things they're commenting on. This feels kind of creepy a little bit. I don't think anyone really cares though, so long as you're not being abusive or something.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes I’ll check out a person’s profile to see what things they’re commenting on. This feels kind of creepy a little bit.

It's okay for me, people should use throwaway accounts for very personal stuff anyway

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 10 points 9 months ago

I had not, but I don't read the names. I will endeavor to notice. Thank you for the heads up.

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.de 10 points 9 months ago

I love it here on lemmy and it looks like the recent federation problems have been resolved.

So I‘m looking forward to lurk less and interact more in future.

Let us all build a better Reddit!

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm like Visa. Everywhere you wanna be.

[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I see you in almost every thread I read lmao. Thanks for contributing to discussions. Something I should try to do more.

[–] Fal@yiffit.net 6 points 9 months ago

The users with custom name font also just stick out

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[–] neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 9 months ago

Yeh it does feel rather close. It's quite nice honestly

[–] sag@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Hmm, I will be glad if someone remember my name. I just post to fill the gap in communities.

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[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Yup, it's fun. And im happily blocking all the tankies in between the great people. Account name like StalinSomethingSomething.. nope.

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The prefix and suffix stars, man...

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Yes but the glorification of the authoritarian all stars is so sad.

The premise is "the west" is evil and anyone opposed to that is a hero and can do no wrong. No matter that these heroes and their actions usually conflict with all other ideals they claim to have.

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[–] slowwooderrunsdeep@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I ain’t seen you round here, stranger…

[–] Marsupial@quokk.au 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I saw many names frequently pop up on reddit, it was the reposter’s and karma whores.

I see many names frequently pop up on Lemmy and it’s people trying to fill the same spot.

Frankly this is exactly what I don’t want to happen. This small time celebrity like worshipping that comes with certain posters was extremely popular on BBboards and made it incredibly hard and uninviting for new people to join in these already established communities.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

TL:DR; I agree and I love it here!

Yeah it certainly feels that way to me too. I can't speak for the rest of the Fediverse platforms (Friendica, Misskey, Mastodon, etc.) but Lemmy is certainly a tight-knit, active and generally friendly group...

You should have seen how it was like here before May this year, when there were only a few dozen users that posted or commented anything at all across all servers, call that tight knit.

Still, I'm so proud of everyone for help in keeping a friendly vibe for the most part, and for user reporting and mod actions keeping trolls at bay. There was quite a bit of concern that when people migrated from Reddit en masse that it Lemmy would be taken over by the same uninspired drivel or become a Reddit repost site. What we got are very healthy meme and shitpost communities with shitposters who engage with commentors, tech news, politics, environment news with active discussions where people have disagreed with each other without getting in a complete rage about it, and cute animal pics like !aww@lemmy.world and !superbowl@lemmy.world.

There's still progress to be made on parts of the technical, moderation and community sides. For my part, I'm trying to post more and my goal this year is to share a lot pictures of the cityscape to Lemmy.

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

I very much enjoy running into folks from the various crafting communities in other contexts, bumping into Mastodon friends on Lemmy and vice versa and then dropping into each others PeerTube comments.

Irl I live in a small town and absolutely despise not being able to leave the house without running into someone who knows us. But for whatever reason I find it adorable on Fedi 🤷‍♀️

[–] MxRemy@lemmy.one 6 points 9 months ago

I bet it might be fun to, just once, get all the most infamous lemmings goofing around in one thread together. Because communities are themed, maybe they don't usually cross paths that often

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