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?
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 :)I think David Mitchell puts it succinctly 👌
If you and others are enjoying themselves because of the content, why not?
If you’re creating content, that is definitely useful.
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.
Yes.
Without posts, what’s the point of a forum?
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 like some of your posts, no need to feel discouraged.
Usefulness is probably not the right word, though-- haha.
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.
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.
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
Yes, absolutely it’s useful. Good quality posts that people see is always a useful thing
I do this a lot but in different communities to you. In the bigger communities your post can get lost in the feed, smaller ones they may just not be seen by many. You could try more mid range communities. You like politics and news, so you could try !politicalmemes@lemmy.world where you’ll get more interaction. You could also mix it up with !goodnewseveryone@piefed.social where people just upvote and posts don’t require interaction.
I’ve found if you post in the right places people start chatting and it’s really fun!
That linked “good news” page has a header saying “Only mods can create threads in this magazine”. Or at least that’s what it says on the instance I’m on
Thanks mate edited it to the right one
Well that’s good news!
Haha I see what you did there
I also see you posting a lot of gibberish links.
