I’ve been posting a lot lately But I seem like I’m controversial no matter what I post. I came from Reddit with over 2 million karma trying the API controversy. Should I keep posting or give up on Lemmy?
It’s probably not you who is controverial. In my experience, a lot of Lemmy subs/pages seem to be echo chambers and circlejerks. Don’t worry too much about karma. Lemmy is a whole different ecosystem. Sounds like you’re trying to bring status into a place that doesn’t value it. You’re either preaching to the choir, or speaking your mind and getting flamed.
Seems like a bit of a “pickme” post. You do you, don’t worry about your 2 million updoots on reddit.
Every person that logs in and interacts in good faith in some way is useful to Lemmy.
Most Lemmites are atheist so it would be, “act in good science”.
Please, keep feeding me content.
I’ll be honest here. The majority of the content I see from you is defeatist doomer shit. We don’t need that crap at the best of times, but certainly not now. Take a break and see if your outlook improves, for you, but you’d probably feel better ditching the doomerism.
Does it matter if you’re controversial? I also left during the API debacle. Couldn’t tell you what my karma was. Couldn’t tell you what it would be here. Up votes just tell me if a post was well-received or not, I’m really here for the comments. This is my only form of online interaction with people.
Eh, I like you.
You know what I have enjoyed about Lemmy? Compared to Reddit, I get fewer replies if I make a comment, and fewer upvotes. Yet the comments I do get are generally more interesting and more likely to be human. As I’ve grown more accustomed to Lemmy, I’ve begun to wonder what percentage of Reddit interactions were bots.
However, I’d love to see this grow some more. The large communities are taking off, but I will still use Reddit for more niche subjects (area-specific gardening, following a local sports team) because they haven’t taken off on Lemmy yet and I’d be talking to myself. And that means that you are useful, because a community needs members to thrive.
Don’t stress about it. I think reddit gives people an unhealthy mindset about how internet forums are.
blows my mind, but some people feel bad when they get downvoted, and think they did something ‘wrong’ if random weirdos on the internet don’t upvote them.
and further, they get upset and angry against people who they think downvoted them and sometimes seek revenge, talk about taking the internet way too seriously…
Its important to keep in mind that in terms of upvotes what you post matters significantly less than where you post to and who happens to see it. One post in the same community on a different instance can initiate the opposite reaction.
How did you even get the idea you’re not “useful”? When I look at your profile, all I see is 90%+ upvoted posts, not that upvotes necessarily matter very much.
I’m with you, homey.
That’s something you need to ask yourself. I’m just a commenter, not a poster though. An analysis of the various comments reacting to your posts may be another good place to start. Don’t look so much at the up/down votes but the content of the comments (and the context as well). We all have our own little space to carve out in this world.
The question isn’t if you’re useful to Lemmy or not. We don’t deserve to exert any weight on your heart with opinions and upvotes.
Are you doing something you think is worth your time, with or without external validation? Is this something you would do if you thought it was basically the internet version of putting messages in a bottle?
When you are old and on your death bed, what will the value of your reddit karma be? What is the value of it now?
Do things that matter to you. Do things that help you grow and be a better person.
Ask not if you are useful to Lemmy. Ask if Lemmy is useful to you.
