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I noticed that a lot of the posts on Lemmy are news, memes, and interesting discussions. I like the regular flow of content we have, and I find a lot of it engaging.

However, maybe it's just me, but I haven't seen a lot of people sharing projects that they personally worked on, be it art, games, programs, music, etc. I've been working on a programming project for a year now, and I've thought about sharing it on Lemmy to see what people think of it, but the lack of projects from other people deters me. My imposter syndrome also kicks into high gear and tells me that my creations just aren't good enough to be on Lemmy, and I shouldn't taint people's feeds with my mediocre endeavors; after all, I and plenty of other people are enjoying the content here as-is.

So, I'm interested to hear about others' perspectives: Would you like to see more user-created projects and art, or would you prefer to primarily see more news and focused discussions instead?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

My imposter syndrome also kicks into high gear and tells me that my creations just aren’t good enough to be on Lemmy, and I shouldn’t taint people’s feeds with my mediocre endeavors; after all, I and plenty of other people are enjoying the content here as-is.

A cool thing with Lemmy (or the fedi) is that it's not yet full of professional artists trying to get sponsor and sell you stuff. So even if you're an amateur please share. We need to see more "sloppy content" done with "real finger", during the 2 hour free you had between work and cooking/eating dinner.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Can't speak for everyone, but I'd love to see more personal projects done by others posted on Lemmy--whether it's something god-teir or mediocre (because well, what you may call mediocre, some might call pretty good. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and all that).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I think the main reason lemmy is mostly news, memes and discussion atm is that thats something everyone can do/ participate in. And since there arent that many users right now, thats what most content is.

Though I for one would be very happy to see such projects: self-made art, music, crafting, cooking, whatever else people are up to. And I dont think im alone in that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

The lack of project-based content is just due to size and a lack of engagement. Try engaging and see if anyone else joins in 😜

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The idea of something being "not good enough for Lemmy" kinda amuses me a little bit. I mean, I get we're trying to do some decent stuff around here, but look around. This place is still pretty roughshod.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We had a post about not pooping for 3 days as one of the main things to happen here. Any art project is good enough for lemmy lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nothing is good enough for Lemmy. Anything you post will inevitably be downvoted. Because users here care more about making sure the world knows they don't personally like something than about encouraging original content.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

This statement is false