I like Lemmy. I really do.
In order to support the website, I have posted a shit-ton of original content.
Is what I’m doing actually useful? Or am I just wasting my time?
I’d like to think that if anything I do makes someone’s day a bit better, it was not a waste of time
If you’re having fun, yes. If not, no. Do it for you. :)
Yes keep at it, reddit wasn’t built in a day!
pick a niche and post all about that.
personally I’ve been looking at the open slot for memes that secretly have penises hidden in them.
If you and others are enjoying themselves because of the content, why not?
Reddit wasn’t immediately known as the “front page of the Internet.” It took time to build up a reputation and tons of content before it started to get noticed and promoted by search engines.
Lemmy is the same. It’s small now, but with enough content, it will eventually become a reference point like Reddit. Every little bit counts.
It took time to build up a reputation
It also took Digg ruining itself.
Yes.
Without posts, what’s the point of a forum?
If you think something has worth (to you), everything is worthy.
Is it useful? Maybe for someone.
Assuming it got upvoted, I’d say yes :)If you’re creating content, that is definitely useful.
I do think of it as better to put my stuff here, on a non-corporate forum, than somewhere else. Not sure it rises to the level of doing good or being useful, exactly. Maybe, as I personally find enjoyment on Lemmy, so perhaps I am providing the same to someone else.
No I don’t think you are wasting your time.
I think David Mitchell puts it succinctly 👌
Yes, people come to Lemmy to look at content and then discuss it, if we don’t have content then there’s no discussion.
If people don’t like what you’re posting, they’ll let you know through votes on the posts
I think the main thing here is original content.
It’s easy to just go to Reddit, find an equivalent community, then copy paste some tending posts… Although I guess it’s nice for people here if they never knew what’s on the other side anyways, creating original content is inherently much more powerful
I like some of your posts, no need to feel discouraged.
Usefulness is probably not the right word, though-- haha.
I think so. If you’re a human and you’re not a jerk, then interacting on a platform you want to see flourish is a good idea.
It might fail. Any given platform may fail despite many people’s efforts to make it work. But that’s not a good reason not to try.
Every little part counts. We all form a community. Imagine if you’re in a room and nobody says anything. Now imagine if it’s a forum where a few people are chatting on something, that’s what makes it engaging.
