That's how social media like this works. It was the same on Reddit but the user base was larger so it would be a little more difficult to notice. A very small percentage of users actually post and since we're already a pretty small community you'll notice the same people more easily.
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I can't believe this guy, we're not all bots!
I can’t believe this guy, we’re not all bots!
I hate when people assume everyone who disagrees with them are bots!
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Speak for yourself.
I understand what he's saying, I've seen the same usernames respond to different threads before.
It's a smaller community, you're going to see the same names, stop making it seem like a conspiracy!
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there are dozens of us
Yes. I think that's notmal, no? Some people have more time than others, and care more intensely about some topics.
Others are bots and paid shills too, just trying to earn a living.
everyone reading this should introduce lemmy to at least 1 cool person in their life. thats what it needs.
Real talk
I tried multiple times. They give me dirty looks and grief about all the political extremist content here. We who know how to block it tend to forget, but for a newcomer it's definitely off-putting. And yes X is that way these days too, but people already know it and don't visit it for the first time, so it gets grandfathered in.
We have some work to do before we will go mainstream.
Several instances block hexbear and lemmygrad, that can be a starting point
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That's very much possible.
That's why I try to be as nice as I can on here.
There are very few times when I initially joined Lemmy where, I admit, I was a bit shitty towards some users (old Reddit habits). This can get you banned, or blocked, or you can build a reputation pretty quickly. And since we're not a lot, that can limit your interactions quite a bit. So I changed my attitude pretty quick. And frankly it's been much more enjoyable this way since.
Interesting to hear
Reddit did things to us all. You couldn't like be nice to someone bc you would get your ass handed to you. EVERY comment had to be so defensive, and primarily what worked was snark. Here... is different, most of the time (and when it's not, we can block and move on:-).
This is a good way to think about it. I've also been trying my hand at being a bit nicer to tankies. Oops... I mean communists.
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Do you identify as being part of this class?
I comment quite a lot and post relatively often, so i do think i am one of the handful of users I'm referring to. Whether my contributions make any difference is what i don't know
'Make any difference' in what sense?
I do recall an exchange where you gracefully bowed out of a discussion with another commented. I appreciated seeing that
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Ironically, I don't see any of the regular users I see in every community on this thread.
I've seen you before
Lemmy may be small, but it's cozy!
Like friends!
I dont notice it a whole lot mainly cos i dont really care who im talking to tbh. I do wonder if my username stands out tho?
It does, if only because of the font.