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- Comment on "See you soon" feels like a curse coming from the guy at Lowe's 5 days ago:
I think that’s normally the garage…
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 5 days ago:
Good point. Also worth noting that, since Lemmy isn’t owned by a company trying to make a profit, there’s no incentive to put up with outrageous jerks who drive up engagement.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 5 days ago:
Sorry to hear your experience was so bad, but welcome back.
The situation with bots and trolls on Reddit is horrific. Do you remember that time a few years back when Russia disconnected their whole country from the Internet? That day there was a dramatic decrease in assholes and trolls. Like, night and day, it was unmistakeable and widely commented on.
So hopefully Lemmy doesn’t catch on so will that those folks come here in force, too. For now at least, it’s much better.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 6 days ago:
The world is a pretty depressing place lately.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 6 days ago:
Yeah, it is that. I’m way left leaning, but I actually wish Lemmy was more of a cross section. I’m not sorry to see the total assholes on the far right not here (or not very vocal), but I don’t prefer an echo chamber.
- Comment on "See you soon" feels like a curse coming from the guy at Lowe's 6 days ago:
I get no joy from DIY projects for that reason. And you forgot that halfway through it turns out you need to buy a special tool.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 6 days ago:
Well, welcome aboard! It’s pretty good here. Fewer bots, fewer trolls, more civil conversation. I hope it works for you.
- Comment on Would it be weird to ask my brother if I could tag along when he goes out with his friends? 6 days ago:
I don’t think it’s weird, but your whole situation is pretty unusual, so I wouldn’t let “weird” become an obstacle for you. Some things are going to be weird no matter what you do, so just roll with it. You’ve said you and your brother have a good relationship, so why not just explain to him what’s going on with you and ask if he could include you at least sometimes? Not too much to lose by talking about it.
It sounds like a lot for you to deal with. I hope you’re doing better now and can find your way back to a life you feel satisfied with.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
!
It’s funny though, because someone else said activity spikes in the summer because kids are out of school.
- Comment on "See you soon" feels like a curse coming from the guy at Lowe's 1 week ago:
Spoken like someone on automatic.
- Comment on "See you soon" feels like a curse coming from the guy at Lowe's 1 week ago:
Sure, watching the self-checkout to make sure no one is stealing anything.
- Comment on "See you soon" feels like a curse coming from the guy at Lowe's 1 week ago:
Yep, my experience a few hours ago.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
I feel the same way. I was a CS major in the early 80s. I watched the internet become something amazing, and then I watched it rot. Heartbreaking.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
But is that a change?
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
Hmm, my original account is on .world, but I started using this alt because it got slow. Maybe I should try browsing new there and seeing if it makes a difference.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
As for why it subjectively seems to be declining… maybe you know what you’re gonna see in New, and so you engage less with posts?
I don’t think so. For ages (maybe two years) I’ll sometimes sit in bed in the morning and browse New until I hit the stuff I saw previously. That used to take me well over an hour - maybe two - but now it takes less than thirty minutes.
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- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
I’m trying to relate that to the experience back on Reddit, where the same thing happened. Didn’t seem to hinder growth. But often people would abandon the smaller versions of the communities for the larger ones.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
That was what got me making this post.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
Yeah, it would figure that if the activity is flat but the number of servers is declining that it’s either consolidation or that people are abandoning very small instances.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
Right, but I’m assuming there’s a nontrivial number of UK users.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
I made this one!
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
That link is just hanging for me.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
Fewer things are sadder than the reality of the Internet compared to what we envisioned early on.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
Okay, but that sounds like you’re experiencing the same thing I am: there are fewer posts. But the data says there’s not. Very strange.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
Why?
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
Thank you, I had been looking for actual data and couldn’t find it. You’re right, does not seem to be declining.
I wonder if there an increasing percentage of bot posts, since I have prolific bot accounts blocked.
I wonder what’s up with that number of servers decline.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
I don’t know, but I was thinking it might be causing people to be less online generally, even if Lemmy itself isn’t a problem. I wonder what the Lemmy NSFW people are doing.
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
What about that issue do you think is causing less activity? Just people not wanting to engage as much because of the redundancy?
- Comment on Is the amount of Lemmy activity declining? 1 week ago:
Maybe the whole age verification thing is keeping people offline.