I’ve been one of the people saying “we don’t need more users. we need quality over quantity” and i was wrong.

the way it’s going, lemmy needs active users who post content sothat the network stays relevant. networks like the fediverse benefit from network effects and that means that if we have more users, that improves the value and quality of the fediverse overall.

So please, everyone, when you can, make advertisement for the fediverse in your personal area. Go talk to friends, make attractive stickers and put them everywhere, stuff like that. We would all benefit from it.

edit: source for the graph

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    21 hours ago

    This is my analysis too. And why, instead of just upvoting posts that interest me, I try to think of something to say about them too. The dreaded “0 comments” is never a good look no matter how we much we tell ourselves that it doesn’t matter.

    For this reason I tend to believe that many communities just have too much primary content. Too many posts and not enough comments.

    Thought experiment. 2 communities:

    • /c/one has 15 posts per day, 5 of them with 3 comments, the other 10 with none
    • /c/two has 3 posts per day with 5 comments each

    Which is the healthier community?

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      2·
      21 hours ago

      My experience is that it’s more like this:

      • /c/one has 15 posts per day, 5 of them with 3 comments, the other 10 with none
      • /c/two has 3 posts per day with 0 comments each

      Not every post is a hit, so if you cast wide you’re likely to get a greater return on comments as something is bound to attract attention. The way the sorting works is that the 5 posts with 3 comments will show at the top and the 0 posts will drop off view, showing an active community.

        • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
          2·
          21 hours ago

          Riposte? What a fun word, I should incorporate that.

          This thread is doing well for engagement, go sort by new and comment on something ;)

          • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            Maybe we need a sort/filter for posts with 0 comments, like a “Needs Comments” filter… Might be worth submitting a feature request on Lemmy and PieFed?