It feels like it’s dying. Just anecdotally it seems like there have been less threads lately, less quality threads, and less discussion overall. More anecdotally I feel like the last couple of federation / defederation slap fights ended with many users leaving as well. I can think of a few who left because we were federating, some who left because we then subsequently defederated from lots of the fediverse, and then even a few who said they would leave if we didn’t defederate and then left anyway when we did.
I feel like mostly overall I have seen very few new posters, and have seen less and less of some certain power posters.
Is this just a illusion or is this really what’s happening. What is to be done?
Makes sense. If you’ve got the data to support that we aren’t shrinking or growing at an unhealthy rate (because I think both are possible) then it’s probably not much to worry about.
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So basically my impression is totally backwards, and actually we’re growing, not shrinking. As is customary everyone please just ignore me I clearly have no idea what’s going on
You are right though, that a lot of old power posters have either left or aren’t posting as much.
That happens though, and it’s good that we’re seeing growth as the “vanguard” is stepping back. That means the general culture of the site has been defined and growth is slow enough that it won’t suddenly shift anytime soon.
It’s very rare to find someone who can post that hard for an extended period of time without becoming an asshole about it. User churn is good in a lot of ways. People should be taking breaks as they deem it healthy.
Though keep in mind just because a user doesn’t post here, doesn’t mean the person themselves aren’t still here. After 7k comments I’m concerned about how much info I’ve posted, so I plan on not using this account anymore and using a new one. I know I’m not the only one, either.
me looking through four years of posting for opsec violations
Joke’s on you a bunch of people already know where I live.
I’m actually a twink named Lube and I live on Liberal Mountain
There’s way too much info on my account but I like my account and username
Uhhh so is everyone’s friend on here reusing their usual username on this site?
I wonder how bad of an idea it would be to have an “opsec service” on here where you could request people to look into your account and see how opsec-fucked you are
Reusing usernames between sites is one of the main ways that people get doxxed on forums like this, just fyi
god I have 20k comments between a couple of accounts. you’re reminding me I need to
every time i think i’ve been too excessive on here i just check out another users posts/comment totals
lol i can probably keep this account as primary a bit longer
Yeah, this is approximately my 420th account
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I do that. Not sure why.
Can’t become an asshole if you were already an asshole
it’s called an anal fistual
Smh I’m not an asshole I just type lol in response to every comment
Lots of exceptions to the rule getting upset about this one lol
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It has shifted a lot already. UlyssesT leaving allowed a lot more pro AI stuff to seep in.
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no I meant the struggle session about if AI art is actually good because it lets disabled people draw or something. Which is like, yeah, but idk something about how people use AI art doesn’t make me think that’s it’s current social function (it’s what you’re saying, a tool against labor)
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understandable!