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Lemmy is VERY hateful. In some cases more than Reddit because we have less people but more radical. the amount of hate one can get just because it mentioned specific words is insane. There is no debate here, if you mention a couple of specific topics and trigger words you are sent to hell.
And I'm not even talking about .ml, that place is psychotic.
More content is good in a system like Lemmy which is designed around filtering. So continue posting!
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)
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.
Over 2 million karma. Ooh La La dork jk
All posting here is useful at this point
I have you at +10, so you’re at least posting things I find meaningful. That being said, you post a lot of political things, so expect to bring many sides of the conversation to light. The fediverse has more types than Reddit.
how do you score another person? I didn't know that was a feature
On the voyager app there is a feature that shows the upvotes you’ve given someone (as a green number next to their name). Unless they are a troll, in which case it would probably be a negative number and red.
It's nothing crazy. He just spends a couple of weeks following you around and going through your stuff when you aren't home.
Can ya tell 'em to stop moving my bloody remote then!
You have to remember to keep your remote clean. Some people never clean their remotes and he ends up pushing them all over the house trying to lick the remotes clean.
Ok, I'll start removing the batteries instead and place it where it was then.
Ghngrhnggrhn.
Always finding more diabolical ways. 😉
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.
I generally appreciate what you're doing
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.
Thank you! I'll keep on keeping on
Only you can answer that.
Are you useful? How would I get to Ozma without you?
I for one am deeply offended by this post. Deeply offended. It has ruined my day. I am now crying.
I see people complain about you a lot, but I've never felt like anything you've contributed to Lemmy has been negative or harmful.
Let the haters hate. Block exists for a reason. If those losers blocked you and every other superposter who provides content they'd complain that nobody posts anything.
As you said, you can't make everyone happy no matter what you do. Just do what you feel like you want to do right now.
Your post history seems positive though, maybe I'm sorting wrong
sounds to me, you take social media too seriously
Every person that logs in and interacts in good faith in some way is useful to Lemmy.
The question isn't if you're useful to Lemmy or not. We don't deserve to exert any weight on your heart with opinions and upvotes.
Are you doing something you think is worth your time, with or without external validation? Is this something you would do if you thought it was basically the internet version of putting messages in a bottle?
When you are old and on your death bed, what will the value of your reddit karma be? What is the value of it now?
Do things that matter to you. Do things that help you grow and be a better person.
I disagree with your takes sometimes (although not since I switched to PieFed), but you always have an argument and I’ve never seen you have one I couldn’t see any merit in. As good as it gets, imo.
Appreciate it.
Seems like a bit of a "pickme" post. You do you, don't worry about your 2 million updoots on reddit.
People are always going to have varying opinions, that doesn't mean they have to break up. We are going to butt heads sometimes, that doesn't mean we also cant tell each other how nice those jeans make each other's ass look. So I'm going to say you filling them out real nice. Haha, on a serious note, I hope your doing well. Inbox is always open if you need to rant to someone
Hm, give me a million karma and I think I can help you out
I appreciate you mate 🫂
Thank you
Ask not if you are useful to Lemmy. Ask if Lemmy is useful to you.
Do you enjoy posting? That's all that really matters in the end. Karma is pointless.
Controversy can actually be good, as long as you're not saying stuff simply to provoke it for its own sake. If I wanted to only speak to something that agreed with everything I said I could just go tell an AI to act that way and waste my time there. Should communities be insular bubbles where everyone believes the exact same things?
No. But here people are not worried about debating. A long time ago I posted something I thought it was cute but i didn't know it was a trigger for Lemmy. No joke I got 5 dms hating on me. One of them really heavy.
I like different opinions but lemmy does not
As long as you're posting something, you're contributing.
I personally prefer controversy because that means people are saying what they want, not just what other people want to hear.
You're wrong, fuck you, and shut the fuck up!
;-)
Controversial posts that get engagement are probably thought-provoking and worthy of discussion. Discussion is much more important than karmafarming. Continue!
Don’t stress about it. I think reddit gives people an unhealthy mindset about how internet forums are.
When you know the crowd downvotes are more satisfying than upvotes.
