• teft@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    A lot of those types are just reposting reddit’s top content. Or copying from facebook.

    • Sergio@piefed.socialEnglish
      141·
      3 months ago

      on the bright side, now I don’t have to look at reddit or facebook.

      besides, that’s why I like fedimemes, bc it’s usually fediverse-original.

    • balderdash@lemmy.zipEnglish
      101·
      3 months ago

      I used to be critical of this but I’ve come around because:

      1. Creating memes takes ideas/time.
      2. My ideas are wacky and untested.

      So I might spend 20-60 minutes making something only for people to hate it. (This happened a lot more often in the beginning because I was bad and my ideas took a lot of photo editing.) I still make memes when I think the idea is worth it. Of course, I could just pander to what I think people want to hear, but I make memes for more organic reasons than that.

    • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I am guilty of this, mostly because if I have to repost memes from somewhere, I’d rather it be somewhere off the fediverse so people don’t see double. It would be hard work to only post oc, and my oc isn’t always received as well as reposts. I personally aim for there to be regular posts by someone in the communities I post in, and collecting reposts allows me to build a backlog I could never build with oc alone.

      Besides, I don’t believe in meme ownership unless it took a significant amount of artistic talent to create. Since that includes none of my posts, I do onto others as I want done onto me.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      I mainly wish people would add a little something if they did that. Some kind of context, or a particular bit of the articles they share that makes it significant to them, etc. Basically anything that would make it seem like a human posted and not a repost bot.

      I pull a lot of my content from Facebook since most sources are photography hobbyists and charities, which just use that as a free quick and easy platform to reach the most eyes so they can focus on making content. But I try to contextualize what is going on in photos, can provide background to the species or the procedure being done, and answer any questions about things, which I feel is a good value add service by me sharing it here.

      I will post things from my personal work too, but the animal thing isn’t my day job, so other than my weekly clinic shift or vacations, there’s only so many opportunities I get to shoot my own owl photos! 😜 But I still get to bring a lot of daily joy to people that won’t touch those other platforms, and I add a lot of research and experience they wouldn’t get by going to the original source.

      There is still use being a straight content curator, but I think it’s just really going the extra mile by adding something to it yourself that can enhance it.

  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    My posts have almost exclusively become pics of my horse lmao. But I do try to make the posts regular to do my part.

  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
    34·
    3 months ago

    It’s damn hard to get other people to post. Every so often I like to go around and find smaller communities to share content to.

      • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
        13·
        3 months ago

        Nice! Commenting is the hardest part and the most vital to community.

        I’m nearing half that on this 3 month old account, I’d hate to think what my total has been over all instances these past 2 years.

        • Ex Nummis@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          3 months ago

          One of the reasons I do it is because it’s fun actually debating people and exchanging ideas. That simply wasn’t even possible anymore on Reddit in the last four years or so.

        • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          I love the heck out of my regular commenters. I might be the foundation of a community, but without the people commenting, it’s still an empty house. It needs the people there having fun to be a place that will keep attracting people. I’ve always put at least as much effort into making people that do comment feel appreciated for doing so, and I think that’s why I’ve found relative success on a very niche topic, as I focus on educational content rather than the major focus on more general jokes that a wider audience can more easily enjoy.

      • Sl00k@programming.devEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        It’s tough because users here naturally use Linux more often which is incompatible with league. I stopped playing this season since I’m on Linux now, but haven’t really looked back.

        • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          That’s a damn good point I hadn’t considered.

          I was trying to run Windows for personal stuff and Ubuntu for work, but Ubuntu doesn’t like my monitors. X11 has issues with resolutions and detecting my new 2k monitor. Wayland doesn’t let me log in at all.

          I haven’t bothered to troubleshoot. So now I’m just in Windows. Maybe I should try a different distro.

          Monitors

        • Sl00k@programming.devEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Who would’ve thought ripping out everything that made the game unique and interesting in favor of an easier more casual game would be a bad long term decision for a competitive game 🤣

          • Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.zipEnglish
            4·
            3 months ago

            This, but also most of the casual players seems to have left.

            We tried to play a couple of games back with my friends, every team we faced was much more skilled than us, and the match making couldn’t find anyone that was our level

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      You do a lot of great work as a poster and as a facilitator with getting the word out on a lot of things. You stepping up to do this macro level community building I think has really bolstered a lot of Fedi content, and I feel that’s crucial to all of us having continued success as a platform.

        • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          3 months ago

          Of course! Your work as a whole for Lemmy aside, you’ve been a great help to me personally many times when I get frustrated at things here, so my success is at least partially attributed to your support to me and my fellow posters.

    • anon6789@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      I get so overjoyed when you guys are able to post sightings of your own, and Lady Butterfly’s Medieval owls the last couple weeks have been a nice addition as well.