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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1

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  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
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If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

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[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy is bleeding users, but post and comment count is still growing. I think the multi account migrations have settled down and people are getting used to the new UI.

[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're basing that off solely on the fediverse observer, that may be false. The "Average comments by day" graph is pretty misleading, since it actually shows all the comments that was made on Lemmy on each day. How do you perceive the density of the comments in practice?

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The “Average comments by day” graph is pretty misleading, since it actually shows all the comments that was made on Lemmy on each day.

I'm sorry, I don't follow. Don't all the comments made that day show an increase?

How do you perceive the density of the comments in practice?

I think it's great compared to what it used to be and just under what I'd like it to be. It's very subjective, but I think that was the question.

[–] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m sorry, I don’t follow. Don’t all the comments made that day show an increase?

That's correct and that is why it's misleading. The numbers are way too high to assume it refers to the daily comments only.

I think it’s great compared to what it used to be and just under what I’d like it to be. It’s very subjective, but I think that was the question.

Yeah it's pretty good, although I would like a bit more convo on nicher posts, but it's already amazing how active the Lemmy community is compared to it's userbase size.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough, I see your point now. I wonder if that's a flaw in the observer, bots or stat manipulation.