Do people actually like all of the overdesigned clutter to the point where it makes them not want to switch sites?
To me, the stripped down clarity on Lemmy is a feature. I remember back in the day when people flocked to Facebook from MySpace, in large part because they were sick of eye gouging customized pages and just wanted a simple, consistent interface. The content, not the buttons to click on it are the draw right?
We don’t need people like that. PEACE ✌️ OUT
Social platforms need people. this line of thinking immediatly kills any growing social platform
Whatever… If the people are trolls, negative, and know it all assholes I still say we don’t need that type of people… Numbers for numbers sake is not the goal imo
Somebody clearly stating their preferences is much further from a troll than your comment.
I think you misunderstood me though, I wasn’t calling anybody here a troll or saying any preference stated here was trolling or even near it
OK, I’ve moved on and forget what this conversation is actually about lol. But all good bro. Let’s have fun
Nah we need everyone we can get. Plus the more people we accomodate, the more options we get
This brings up a good question: Do we really want everyone we can get?
On one hand, it’d help flesh out fledgling communities and keep threads and feeds more active.
On the other hand, the more people who come here, the more likely we are to see lower-effort, lower-value, and even counterproductive content and comments.
There’s probably some magic number, an adoption level where communities thrive but are not watered down. I have no idea what that is, though.
True. It would also mean more lurkers though, and lurkers up-voting and down-voting stuff adds to the perceived value of the content and makes the community feel “alive”, for a lack of a better word
I don’t mind lurkers at all, I was referring to the type we’ve all seen on Reddit, I won’t even explain anymore, y’all should know the type I mean