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.

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[–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I'm trying to think of something to say in riposte in order to boost the comment count.

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