Over the weeks I’ve sent a bunch of messages, like offering mod positions, asking for things etc. and I get no responses to about half of them.

Sure, nobody owes me a reply, but I’m wondering if there’s a different reason, such as:

  1. Ignoring all notifications, because there’s no immediate distinction between a DM or a comment reply

  2. Using an app that doesn’t support messages (which one would that be?)

  3. Federation issues (when sending a DM to a different instance)

Thoughts?

  • PenguBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
    61·
    2 years ago

    When I was using Jebora I didn’t receive any notifications of comments on my first post. Not sure about direct messages but probably same thing, people just aren’t being notified, they’d have to go and check.

    • WhoRoger@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      It works pretty well for me. (But yes it might also be a problem for some, who knows.)

      • LemmyLefty@lemmy.world
        English
        3·
        2 years ago

        I just checked: there is an option for them in Voyager, nee wefwef.

        That and the option to go back to the post - instead of just your comment - under your comments makes Voyager a tempting switch, but I’m getting used to Memmy and it seems to load faster.

        I’m torn. :/

  • aaron_griffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    63·
    2 years ago

    Maybe your messages are unasked for? If no one is asking for volunteers for moderation and you’re sending them messages, of course they’re going to ignore it - it’s spammy behavior

    • WhoRoger@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      44·
      2 years ago

      Are you for real? If I see that someone is posting daily in a community, they’re obviously passionate about the topic, and I send them a message politely offering them to be a mod, that’s spam? Jesus Christ, what do you expect before being allowed to send someone message, a written invite with a cake?

      This is the kind of nonsense that gets people to throw the “snowflake” moniker.

      For the record, a bunch of people respond with “I’m honoured, but I’m too busy, sorry” kind of reply, and some happily join.

      • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        They might be passionate about the topic, but wanting to become a moderator for it is a different beast entirely.

        That’s not a small amount of workload, and they might already have a bunch on their plates already. You don’t know that.

        It also doesn’t help that they’re unsolicited. People tend to ignore those, or treat them as spam, since they didn’t ask for a position, and getting pinged by a stranger is weird.