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2023 Owl of the Year Recap
(lemmy.world)
For the data nerds, I've compiled some quick stats on the tournament. Title pic is raw data. I'll post the filtered data in comments.
If there's anything I don't go over you're curious in, let me know. I don't have any stats from Lemmy, so I can't do things like popular times or anything too specific like that,
I do feel there is some growth still. I've noticed recent communities made for both my state and also the nearest city. They're not very active, but they're still getting posts. Keeping it viable until the next thing that gives inertia to Lemmy I feel is crucial. A good number of us have stuck around the last 6 months and are still contributing. The next big influx of people will have a much more lively scene to join than was the case this summer, and there is much greater choice in apps and better server stability then back then, so the initial experience for the next band of refugees will be better.
I haven't really gone back to Reddit except for certain things like product reviews. I don't go to just browse anymore. If I don't like what else is on Lemmy, it's largely just a bigger volume of the same there.
We need more people to see posting is no biggie here. It's a small audience in most comms, so you can practice and hone your posting style without much issues. I used to get maybe a dozen likes, but I learned how to address you guys in a way that got attention, learned what things get you more perked up, and things like that. It'd be great to get another person or 2 contributing regularly here, but if people just step up anywhere, they can build momentum. I didn't know anything about leading a place like this, but I saw someone had to do it.
I've been trying to contribute some to the anime comms too, I can't believe how dead they are here. With the new multi-community support in the app I'm on, it makes it easy to group all the communities into one virtual one so I can stay on top of where the talk is and try to keep it going. But find yourself a sub that needs help and just do it. It doesn't have to be every day like I do, but keep starting new threads somewhere. If all the people subbed here would make 1 post even every 3 days, that's a lot of posts.
But I'm keeping my effort concentrated here. It's enough work, I enjoy it, and you all enjoy it. So as long as things don't turn into poo here, you'll still have this to keep you coming back.