I think it’s the same reason YouTube can keep shooting itself in the foot and still thrive: it’s where all the eyeballs are concentrated now.
Yeah...it is difficult to jump ships and try out another service - even when the other service is generally a better option than the previous one - if you don't get an audience big enough to even bother starting with the otherwise better service.
I'd just ignore such folks. Plus I have yet to meet those folks - even after 62 posts I have done!
I don't go for Internet points only. That also fuels me to trying coming up with something of quality, but it's also the good discussions and possibly providing something interesting to folks to read/look at and to make them even think about stuff that gets me going 😄 Kicking in some extra activity in these communities!
But the same can be achieved with comments - you're right with that one.
Making a post can require more thinking and effort, but I wouldn't be surprised if I have spent more effort on a comment than on making a post!
The feel and interaction is different with a post and a comment. A post can wake up all sorts of commenting and a post is "more visible" to people who sees it as they scroll away. Comments of course also provide activity within a post/community, may generally be less visible to more people (you have to click a post open to see comments) and they can also gain all the off-topic commentary on them - just like in a post.
Not saying that commenting is worse than creating a whole post. Both have their reasons to exist and their places to be used.
I was pretty shook over one book I read, plunging me into sadness for about a week.
I listened at sad piano music and made many custom pictures with this website using the book (cover) themed art 😂
I love wasting spending lots of time on the computer.
I'm friends with Beeminder.
I started at one minute less per day. At the moment I get one day in the countdown when I'm off the machine for 165 minutes. I raise the value when I feel it - slowly and steadily.
Reminds me of one video. I recall his friends made a prank. The dude woke up from drinking too much in a hospital room where the nurse said that the had been comatose for many years.
To be clear, this wasn't the case - it was just a prank.
...but I bet experiencing that would put some people to think.
I once asked what would be a real life equivalent of those small chores you find in video games that earn you a little gold.
Someone answered that driving people around.
What do you mean? Negative or constructive criticism? Negative votes?
Hardship is a part of life. That goes to criticism as well.
I am willing to take risks of bad feels for the sake of trying to make places more active. Luckily I've been doing much better than what I first anticipated!
No pain, no gain.
Creating posts is not the only way of making engagement. Even though it's better than having a community of 0 posts, I still would be sad to look at a community that has one new post daily but doens't get any votes or comments.
Within time not getting engagement can become demoralizing to the content creator. Why bother if you don't get anything in return? (Been there, felt that - and in many occasions.)
If you get a million views in YouTube, can you gain a small income through that?
Can you partner up with other names/creators to raise awareness/visibility to your own name/work?
Sometimes you need to keep standing your ground. Explain how it is and if they don't believe you, ignore them.
Do you wish to get money? Is this a hobby?
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I think it depends how a post you create is doing. What the community you choose is, what is its activity, what kind is your post, what materials you use (text, images etc)...
To my knowledge (of one month), it's easier to get any sort of engagement (being it likes or comments) from one cute or sad comic image than from sincere, deeper discussion of whatever topic.
We are fighting against people's time. How should they use it?
And then again - we use these services for different purposes. Some of us jump in for a quick lolz off pictures, while others delve for hours in all sorts of peculiar discussions.
(I'm not so much of a content creator - at least when it comes to something else than text. But I try to do my part in all sorts of communities that interest me to kick some engagement around this place 💓
I'd like to see this thing taking off and getting at least some of the activity what Reddit gets)
I like the thought that you could choose for what purpose when you select the thing you transform into.
Is it for fighting, traveling, hiding, adventuring, reproduction, collecting materials off from etc
Damaskox @ Damaskox @lemmy.world Posts 18Comments 208Joined 2 yr. ago
Yeah...it is difficult to jump ships and try out another service - even when the other service is generally a better option than the previous one - if you don't get an audience big enough to even bother starting with the otherwise better service.