this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2025
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I understand, but bootstrapping a whole new network is hard. Lemmy is reporting ~55k monthly active users and to do that it's even counting people who mere vote as an activity. Following the 1/9/90 rule, we should expect ~550 active posters here, which is simply not enough to sustain all the long tail of interests out there.
All I'm saying is that it would be better for everyone if we focused more on the active participation (posting content that is relevant to you and your interests) than a passive "let me play some slot machine and get a dopamine hit" that is browsing /all.
Sure, contributing is better for communities than consuming. No argument there.