• schnitzelbub@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    We’re 10k users. There’s not that much content on here. I didn’t post almost ever on reddit, but considering we need content, I steal images I find funny off imgur and post them here in an attempt to add content to the network.

    If we fragment our ‘funny posts’ in tens of subreddits from dozens of instances most users aren’t subscribed to or don’t often browse, we’ll have a lot less to keep ourselves entertained.

    Instead of trying to gatekeep when we hardly have enough users, why don’t you post things you do find appropriate for this subreddit and just scroll past or downvote what upsets you and move on? There’s no place or need for this sort of elitism and offering nothing better in return right now.

    • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      “If we fragment our ‘funny posts’ in tens of subreddits from dozens of instances most users aren’t subscribed to or don’t often browse, we’ll have a lot less to keep ourselves entertained.” Fair point

      “There’s no place or need for this sort of elitism and offering nothing better in return right now.” Uncalled for

        • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          It’s less about the amount of text than the way posts are created. As I mentioned in another comment, screenshots are reposts by design whereas memes are supposedly OC, which I find more interesting for meaningful interactions

          • schnitzelbub@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            edit-2
            1 year ago

            Yeah, I don’t think anyone is funny enough (or free enough in their lives) to produce enough original memes to keep us all engaged for much longer. For what it’s worth, I’ll stop sharing off site non original memes (which I select for liking) when there’s enough people to populate and have the capability to produce enough original and quality memes. Maybe 50k or 100k. For now we’re eating McDonald’s because nobody here can cook enough for everyone.

            As long as people like stuff posted from other places even if it’s not pure meme form, I think it’s vital for now.

            If you tried to make an only pure and original memes on here for now, and would police it as such, I bet you’d get less than 5/day which would render it virtually dead.

            In time, there will be better and/original memes but the newcomers have to have something to sink their teeth into.

            Stuff like this happens: