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·
    2 months 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.

    • Die4EverOPAEnglish
      151·
      2 months ago

      lol just using the screenshot as an example, that user is not me

        • Die4EverOPAEnglish
          14·
          2 months 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?

            • Die4EverOPAEnglish
              121·
              2 months 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·
                2 months 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·
              2 months 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.