I’ve been posting a lot lately But I seem like I’m controversial no matter what I post. I came from Reddit with over 2 million karma during the API controversy. Should I keep posting or give up on Lemmy?
The question isn’t if you’re useful to Lemmy or not. We don’t deserve to exert any weight on your heart with opinions and upvotes.
Are you doing something you think is worth your time, with or without external validation? Is this something you would do if you thought it was basically the internet version of putting messages in a bottle?
When you are old and on your death bed, what will the value of your reddit karma be? What is the value of it now?
Do things that matter to you. Do things that help you grow and be a better person.
I don’t see most of your posts in the wild but the one I did was good. Glancing at your profile, you post quality which is just going to get a different kind if engagement than what we’re used to on reddit
Stand tall, king. Numbers just scale a little different here and things move slow. You’ll notice your posts will continue to get engagement for a long time after a reddit post would normally die down too.
Every person that logs in and interacts in good faith in some way is useful to Lemmy.
Most Lemmites are atheist so it would be, “act in good science”.
I’m upset now 😠
Jesus Christ relax.
Actually it would be “Charles Darwin relax.” here. But thank you for the consideration, I feel much better. 😊
Don’t stress about it. I think reddit gives people an unhealthy mindset about how internet forums are.
What you should do is stop caring about “karma”, it has no value (even more so here, it’s not even a thing). Don’t do things to get likes, do them because you like doing them and/or think they can help others.
Judging by your recent post history, it looks like you’re doing a good job at attracting positive engagement. Many upvotes and comments on your posts. Of course, with that you also attract some negative engagement, but that’s inevitable when posting about politics.
You’re useful.
Seems like a bit of a “pickme” post. You do you, don’t worry about your 2 million updoots on reddit.
I might have posted after a night out drinking. Oops
That’ll do it!
For what it’s worth, I appreciate your contributions. 👍
Thank you.
None of us are useful to Lemmy because Lemmy is not “useful.” Lemmy is a shit-pile of all of our combined thoughts and efforts. So, while no social media site is “useful,” Lemmy brings us a place to be entertained and informed/misinformed.
Most of your posts are shit. Most of my posts are shit. While we each usually shit in our own corners, we occasionally look at each other’s shit and say, “hmmm… This shit stinks.” Or, “this shit is a little nutty and I like that!” And even less frequently, we cross paths while shitting and our shit combines to create a new type of shit that other people can enjoy.
So, don’t try to measure your Lemmy “usefulness” based on karma, and instead focus on the shit. I often appreciate your shit, and your username always gives me a chuckle. Whether anyone likes it or not, all of our shit makes Lemmy’s shit the shit it is.
There is is, listen to uncle/auntie fartographer.
Well that was shitty. I like it. Thank you Sir or Madame Fartographer.
I appreciate you, @return2ozma@lemmy.world and if you left us it would be a major loss.
I pay no attention to down-voters. The growing popularity of the fediverse brings as many bad people with it as good ones.
Thank you! I’ll keep on keeping on
I haven’t heard of any controversy, but I think you do important work. May not be glamorous work, but having a consistent flow of news on Lemmy helps me keep up to date on the goings-on of the world. I assume most people think similarly
Over 2 million karma. Ooh La La dork jk
How did you even get the idea you’re not “useful”? When I look at your profile, all I see is 90%+ upvoted posts, not that upvotes necessarily matter very much.
Thanks for your contributions!
You know what I have enjoyed about Lemmy? Compared to Reddit, I get fewer replies if I make a comment, and fewer upvotes. Yet the comments I do get are generally more interesting and more likely to be human. As I’ve grown more accustomed to Lemmy, I’ve begun to wonder what percentage of Reddit interactions were bots.
However, I’d love to see this grow some more. The large communities are taking off, but I will still use Reddit for more niche subjects (area-specific gardening, following a local sports team) because they haven’t taken off on Lemmy yet and I’d be talking to myself. And that means that you are useful, because a community needs members to thrive.
