4 year ruled Lemmy meme to put things into perspective

andri , 15 days ago

I often get up to 10 likes when I upload my cat pics with hashtags on every platform.

FauxPseudo , 15 days ago

I'm constantly surprised at how many people upvote my Heathcliff without Heathcliff edits. It's the most derivative project I've ever done and that anyone pays attention is kinda amazing.

driving_crooner , 15 days ago

I've have never seen tge original content, so from my point of view its original is yours and them someone add a cat (or a bird with a helmet? ) to it.

FauxPseudo , 15 days ago

I keep meaning to talk to Peter Gallagher about why he does that but I haven't had a chance. I have a feeling. He just thinks that it needs a cat. Though I do think the helmets add something.

pineapplelover , 15 days ago

Actually upvotes on Reddit is much harder. Because you'll get burried in so much shit, nobody will see your post. The algorithm is so shit that only the most popular communities get shown first.

Lemmy is much better, people will read your post and it will actually go somewhere.

NickwithaC , 13 days ago

Lemmy is actually my most active platform. Nowhere has the self selection of joining communities, which means I'm just posting to my profile and no one sees it. With Lemmy (and Reddit before it) every post I make gets seen by people who want to see it and upvote/comment on it.

Wxnzxn OP , 13 days ago

I feel that. Personally, I loved reddit back then and Lemmy now, because it's content-focused instead of user-focused. But it still has enough user accountability for it to work out, unlike e.g. something like the *chans, where it devolves into a cesspool of edgy nonsense quickly.

On Lemmy/old Reddit, there are visible powerusers and drama, sure, but on average the experience one will have when posting something is engagement with their content, instead of engagement with their person.

I never was able to get into any other social media, never really saw the appeal of it either. I feel like I want to not be seen, at least not intensely, and instead my content and my thoughts and opinions to be engaged with, reflected, developed. Most social media has only gotten worse in drifting into the other direction, with people becoming brands advertising themselves as a marketable package, chasing that dream of living on fame.