Ask Lemmy

And since this is Chidi:

Imma ultimately decide:

Yes, and I often reread my own comments and feel a deep sense of satisfaction.

I am vegan (pull out the pitchforks) and am pretty vocal about it on here and used to be on the other website. I wouldn't say I'm an activist per se, but every comment and post I make about the subject whenever it's brought up makes me feel like I'm making a difference. If the comment resonates with someone reading and leads to fewer animals and animal-derived products being consumed, I'm happy. So yea, for sure.

Same goes for the two communities I created and mod (c/sekiro and c/bloodborne if anyone's curious). A bot has recently helped me fill the communities with content since engagement isn't super high from community members themselves. Before the bot, I tried to make daily posts in both communities, thinking it's content that I enjoy so others would likely too. Since they're still quite niche and don't have a massive following, I think it's definitely a good start for people interested in the games

Cool post btw. I think it's easy to lose oneself in the daily monotomy that is life and work and stuff, so reminding oneself that participating in communities such as Lemmy is making a difference in one shape or form

My comments are pure Internet gold. I'm actually only here to read my own comments. It helps me remember how brilliant and humble I am.

My posts help people discover the game ~~MineTest~~ Luanti. It's pretty great, and it's free.

I don't post almost anything online. I mostly just comment. But even the comments I make I sometimes consume as content - I really like comming back and rereading them to enjoy how good and smart I've been.

Depends on the content. I'd play games I make. But I wouldn't read my own stories outside of proofreading. What would be the point? I already know the story because I wrote it!

As for my SM posts: Same as the writing. But if someone else was posting what I post, then yeah. I would follow that person because we are practically the same person.

Yeah why not. My entire feed would be full of shower thoughts, fangirling over things, existential crises, mh, and tons of infodumps. I would love that but at the same time that would make me go senile.

What made me think about this is my girlfriend, who is quite vocal about the harms social media can have on the mental health of young girls, especially when influencers post heavily edited photos of themselves and their lives, which for the most part are fake.

However, she's active on social media as well, and being quite an attractive woman, she seems oblivious to what I consider a factual statement: her own content is also causing the same kind of concerns for other women who are not as genetically blessed as she is. What she's posting is not fake, but it is heavily curated nonetheless. She obviously knows this herself, but do her followers?

I don't personally follow her social media, but I'd be willing to bet she hasn't posted about being sick for a week and not taking a shower for four days. I don't mean that as a criticism per se, but I think it highlights how little we think about the effect our own content has on others while still being quick to judge others for what they post.

Yes. Positive. It won't be a big difference but everything matters in its own small way. Posts that piss off dozens of people can still have one person who loves your perspective. That one person can be you. Ignore the haters.

I only post links on the one place I mod on lemmy that interests me. Occasional links elsewhere if theyre relevant.

My commentary I just post. If folks like it, great, if they hate it, great. There's no karma here so idgaf.

Sure. Heck, occasionally I do actually do that, like if I post a piece of information that I've looked up and then refer back to it later.