I’ve been posting a lot lately But I seem like I’m controversial no matter what I post. I came from Reddit with over 2 million karma during the API controversy. Should I keep posting or give up on Lemmy?
Ask not if you are useful to Lemmy. Ask if Lemmy is useful to you.
What you should do is stop caring about “karma”, it has no value (even more so here, it’s not even a thing). Don’t do things to get likes, do them because you like doing them and/or think they can help others.
Every person that logs in and interacts in good faith in some way is useful to Lemmy.
Most Lemmites are atheist so it would be, “act in good science”.
I’m upset now 😠
Jesus Christ relax.
Actually it would be “Charles Darwin relax.” here. But thank you for the consideration, I feel much better. 😊
None of us are useful to Lemmy because Lemmy is not “useful.” Lemmy is a shit-pile of all of our combined thoughts and efforts. So, while no social media site is “useful,” Lemmy brings us a place to be entertained and informed/misinformed.
Most of your posts are shit. Most of my posts are shit. While we each usually shit in our own corners, we occasionally look at each other’s shit and say, “hmmm… This shit stinks.” Or, “this shit is a little nutty and I like that!” And even less frequently, we cross paths while shitting and our shit combines to create a new type of shit that other people can enjoy.
So, don’t try to measure your Lemmy “usefulness” based on karma, and instead focus on the shit. I often appreciate your shit, and your username always gives me a chuckle. Whether anyone likes it or not, all of our shit makes Lemmy’s shit the shit it is.
There is is, listen to uncle/auntie fartographer.
Well that was shitty. I like it. Thank you Sir or Madame Fartographer.
Seems like a bit of a “pickme” post. You do you, don’t worry about your 2 million updoots on reddit.
I might have posted after a night out drinking. Oops
That’ll do it!
Don’t stress about it. I think reddit gives people an unhealthy mindset about how internet forums are.
blows my mind, but some people feel bad when they get downvoted, and think they did something ‘wrong’ if random weirdos on the internet don’t upvote them.
and further, they get upset and angry against people who they think downvoted them and sometimes seek revenge, talk about taking the internet way too seriously…
I’ve seen you post many, many things. A lot of it is thought provoking and engaging. That’s the core importance of contributing to any community.
The problem is the community themselves. Now what has been carried over from Reddit, unfortunately, is this hive-minded process. People only love to read and engage with what aligns with their perspectives. These are the people who feel their opinions are factual and that they are never wrong. They only allow the right way of thinking to be filtered out.
This brings about a large issue across all walks of the internet. The karma system, only worsens that, because now people can feel validated in everything they say. “Ohhhh the more upvotes I got, the more I’m righteous and that my opinion doesn’t smell like shit!” And they let that get way too into their heads to act the way they do.
I’ve found that a lot of people with tons of karma points, tend to be the most uptight, self-righteous bastards you can ever come across.
I don’t fucking care for anything about the karma system, people can take it and choke on it for all I care. What I would want for myself and anyone, is to be able to express, articulate and be able to say my opinions as I see fit. If the idea of someone else’s thoughts offend you, then you’re the problem, whether you like that or not.
Over 2 million karma. Ooh La La dork jk
Judging by your recent post history, it looks like you’re doing a good job at attracting positive engagement. Many upvotes and comments on your posts. Of course, with that you also attract some negative engagement, but that’s inevitable when posting about politics.
You’re useful.
I appreciate you, @return2ozma@lemmy.world and if you left us it would be a major loss.
I pay no attention to down-voters. The growing popularity of the fediverse brings as many bad people with it as good ones.
608? That’s my area code 😆
@return2ozma@lemmy.world you are appreciated!!
Thank you! I’ll keep on keeping on
You’re controversial? First time I’m hearing of it.
If you like doing what you’re doing, keep doing it. The threadiverse will die without content so you’re doing vital work imo.
I think Lemmy (or the Fediverse in a broader sense) really benefits from everyone in it to just output as much as possible. More interaction, more content, more people coming for that content. If somebody does not like what you have to say they can just block you (or if it’s really hateful be banned)
Don’t feel like you need to be useful, but thanks for contributing.
You know what I have enjoyed about Lemmy? Compared to Reddit, I get fewer replies if I make a comment, and fewer upvotes. Yet the comments I do get are generally more interesting and more likely to be human. As I’ve grown more accustomed to Lemmy, I’ve begun to wonder what percentage of Reddit interactions were bots.
However, I’d love to see this grow some more. The large communities are taking off, but I will still use Reddit for more niche subjects (area-specific gardening, following a local sports team) because they haven’t taken off on Lemmy yet and I’d be talking to myself. And that means that you are useful, because a community needs members to thrive.
More content is good in a system like Lemmy which is designed around filtering. So continue posting!
