I keep seeing the same names popping up. I think it’s rather cute!

    • Guy Dudeman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      I don’t know about that. I feel like being a big fish in a small pond puts the spotlight on you more, leading to caring a lot more about whether or not your contributions are received well. And when you don’t follow the zeitgeist of the small community lock-step, that can cause lots of anxiety and lead to more mental health problems.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    2 years ago

    There’s two reasons for that:

    1. Lemmy is still small (compared to centralized social media).

    2. We all chose to be here instead of mainstream social media for a reason, so we’ve all got something in common.

  • SolidGrue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    2 years ago

    I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

    Most of you are alright.

  • OperationPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    2 years ago

    I would suggest there’s also a lot of lurkers and folks who just don’t post much. I’ve noticed The Fediverse has a good and healthy number of folks on the Autism spectrum, and it’s not surprising they don’t actively post a lot.

    It’s a lesson I learned being a professional puppet builder (yes you read that right) and running a little community around the craft. There’s a lot of people on the spectrum in that field too. They may not post a whole lot, but they are definitely engaged.

    The freedom to have a voice is also the freedom to remain quiet 😁

      • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Depends on which old format you mean. The late 90s php-bbs is rare, but you can still find some of them around, I think the forums for the Commander X16 (a new retro computer) uses that style, or something closer to 2004-ish.

      • Schrodinger's Dinger @lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        The golden days of IRC were the best. Every day I use the current internet, I miss the way of the old internet. Back when everything was just run by a bunch of nerds doing whatever they wanted, as opposed to everyone being shut out by the big names now, looking to control everything and maximise profit.

      • penguin_knight@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        when I was young (but still way past the prime time of IRC, 2000’s), I was invited to a few IRC servers for raids and etc. I didnt realize other kids werent doing the same…

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    28·
    2 years ago

    Mostly only the very active users moved over from Reddit, so we have a lot of content for not as many people. But it’s nice how active and invested most people here seem to be.

  • BargsimBoyz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    305·
    2 years ago

    That’s generally not a good thing…

    That means it’s more likely to be an echo chamber or just bots auto posting…

    You want a lot of diversity - within specific groups sure, the same names are fine but across groups that’s a bad sign.

    • TJDetweiler@lemmy.caEnglish
      151·
      2 years ago

      It’ll largely be an echo chamber regardless of size. The fediverse tends to lean into tech, and is very left wing. If you don’t fit the bill, you are either driven off, de-federated with, or realize the content posted here isn’t what you’re looking for, and you leave.

      I don’t mind the small knit community, as I agree with most stuff, but this simply isn’t a place you can host competing ideas, or at least not feasibly. This isn’t a place for open discussion. You get down voted for your opinion, even if it is a shitty one. This isn’t the fediverse I want to see. I want to see people upvoted for their opinion, and enticed to engage with whatever discourse is present, regardless of views. Downvotes should be reserved for trolls, bots, and fascists. Everyone else should be welcome.

      • Rincewindnz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        2 years ago

        Is there somewhere online where you can have an “open discussion”? I’ve been struck a few times by how some ideas (even presented in a balanced way) just get downvoted hard.

      • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        51·
        2 years ago

        Downvotes should be reserved for trolls, bots, and fascists. Everyone else should be welcome.

        Definitely. Downvotes can be monitored by admins now, hopefully this can help

    • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      why are “echo chambers” considered bad? i come to communities to chill and chat with like-minded people; not to argue and get into fights.

      • BargsimBoyz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Well the simple reason is you can get stuck in certain world views or ideas which are wrong and hurt others.

        In most cases you’re fine, like talking about your favourite TV shows or whatever. But it’s also easy to get stuck in a view like visiting your country’s instance and it turns out it’s a bit radicalised against immigrants, or certain places where you end up blaming everything on women and the “woke movement”.

        In a lesser way it can get you stuck in toxic ideas (e.g., PC/Playstation/Windows/Xbox/Linux is better than the other one and you are dumb if you disagree!).

        Just depends on the community at end of day, but the more echoey chamber it is, the more likely you’ll end up with those sorts of us VS them world views that are a bit blind and horribly biased.

        • Blaze@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          But it’s also easy to get stuck in a view like visiting your country’s instance and it turns out it’s a bit radicalised against immigrants, or certain places where you end up blaming everything on women and the “woke movement”.

          Hopefully there would be another community for the same country with other perspectives, and visiting both would allow to avoid the echo chamber effect

        • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 years ago

          It would be nice if lemmy.world mods followed that. I got my posted deleted for “supporting Imperialism” for arguing that focused attacks on Houthi terrorists is ok.

    • BlanK0@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Yup, diversity offers more point of views and less echo chambery environments

    • Flax@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      I do admit, it is a bit of an echo chamber on here for some groups :(

  • Neil@lemmy.mlEnglish
    24·
    2 years ago

    I have a really bad habit of never looking at anyone’s names…

  • ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social
    14·
    2 years ago

    I wonder if others have some favourite posters that you they quite often?

    For me, it’s @Stamets and ThePicardManuever but I’ve noticed a couple other prominent posters lately although their names haven’t stuck for me just yet.