If we want more people, we should think about how others view us, and instead of being angry that they aren’t being literal, maybe we can think how to play to our strengths.
A post like that gets 13 comments. People aren’t interested in this stuff. It’s tedious, it’s boring, they don’t care.
But when you post about the frustration of the process, you get 107 comments.
Ha, very fair. For what it’s worth, I imagine a good chunk of the comments are because, well, for me at least this got caught up in the “hot” sorting, which then snowballs things.
Conflict etc generates clicks and engagement, even on alt social media!
Appreciate you trying to do the work! For my part, my hackles go a little on edge whenever I see what feels like another fediverse user blaming the normies for not hanging out for our community despite being rich in Star Trek/linux/bizzare memes and (sometimes extreme) Leftie politics.
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We’ve are thinking on how to promote the platform and do it every week.
https://piefed.zip/c/fedibridge/p/654415/piefed-50k-mau-network-for-gaming-discussions-communities-guide#post_replies
A post like that gets 13 comments. People aren’t interested in this stuff. It’s tedious, it’s boring, they don’t care.
But when you post about the frustration of the process, you get 107 comments.
We’ve done the work, but nobody cares.
Ha, very fair. For what it’s worth, I imagine a good chunk of the comments are because, well, for me at least this got caught up in the “hot” sorting, which then snowballs things.
Conflict etc generates clicks and engagement, even on alt social media!
Appreciate you trying to do the work! For my part, my hackles go a little on edge whenever I see what feels like another fediverse user blaming the normies for not hanging out for our community despite being rich in Star Trek/linux/bizzare memes and (sometimes extreme) Leftie politics.
That’s probably what happened.
Next time I’ll just rant in the Matrix Fedibridge room.