I've made a lot of posts that have taken a considerable amount of my time to make, mostly video edits. I don't think any of them (over 100 across 2 accounts) have ever gotten above ~50 upvotes. About a year ago, I made a post of a meme with the guy getting kicked out of the office saying "High effort and quality gifs". It got over 500 upvotes. That made it seem like people actually want that. In response, I've spent many hours doing video edits, even creating !high_quality_gifs@lemmy.sdf.org (since the LW community is parked and never will receive posts), and making content for that community until I started to get burned out on my hobby. A large percentage of what I have posted has been OC on principle. I've learned that people just don't care.

Why in the world should I keep making video edits when the entirety of the fun has been sapped out by people not caring? I could spend 8-10 hours on a project and people simply won't care because it isn't instantly digestible. Things like memes and 40-100 year old comic strips do incredibly well. It seems like the only 2 examples of high effort that get some engagement are SDF's own !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org , and !custardfist@feddit.nl. Notable mention to some of the pics communities.

I guess what I'm really ranting about here is not that the things I make aren't appreciated (because the very few comments are generally positive), but the fact that most people don't even want it around or care.

I'm not sure I can keep up the grind anymore. The joy has been sapped out of my hobby. And for what? An instantaneous downvote with every post.

They never understand the clues.

Last post for a while, I promise.

Clint from LGR does further damage control from Helene.

Yeah, I'm reposting because it's been months. Sue me, but talk to my lawyer first:

Trump winning supports the genocide of every LGBTQ+ person in all of North America, be it directly or indirectly. No one wants what is happening in Gaza. But, I have to say the potential genocide (in the sense of complete erasure of culture as well as open murders with little to no consequences sense) here is even higher.

I have the unfortunate circumstance of being a trans woman in GA. I already have had to completely shut off most contact with people, both work and personal.

I’ve already had rocks thrown at me in an attempt to kill me (this was years ago, even). I already feel like I have to carry a gun. If things go the way they seem, I will even have to order in groceries because it will further empower the people that hate my existence.

The foreign policy is shit, no question. However, I don’t like the possibility of being raped and murdered by some asshole that thinks he understands Co² emissions after watching some video.

I have a lot to say here, especially as a very blue collar machinist. I will refrain, though.

In conclusion: by “avoiding” the genocide in Gaza (which would have in my opinion had a much higher chance of being resolved with Democratic policies), you have also doomed people like me to maybe live in fear for the rest of our lives.

It seems like I can't vote on posts or comments. It seems to fail no matter the instance (other than SDF). Am I alone here?

From TAS S01E02 "Yesteryear"

Depressed crewman template:

Hi! I've made a few communities, and admittedly they aren't new. However, I think it's finally time to at least try to promo them. The last time I tried to do that here, my app freaked out. I'm doing this on PC now, so here goes:

-- !high_quality_gifs@lemmy.sdf.org - exactly what it sounds like. Hoping to get that kind of thing churning on Lemmy

-- !trans_voice_help@lemmy.blahaj.zone - A resource for people with voice dysphoria

-- !linux_video_editing@lemmy.sdf.org - A place to discuss all things video editing from a Linux/FLOSS perspective. This does tie back into making high quality gifs for Lemmy

I know I'm kinda biased, but I think these communities are needed. Especially !linux_video_editing@lemmy.sdf.org and !trans_voice_help@lemmy.blahaj.zone .

And, um, I guess for the other 2 people on the fediverse that this is relevant to there is !everquest_memes@lemmy.sdf.org

This gives off "I do declare!" vibes