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It's probably not you who is controverial. In my experience, a lot of Lemmy subs/pages seem to be echo chambers and circlejerks. Don't worry too much about karma. Lemmy is a whole different ecosystem. Sounds like you're trying to bring status into a place that doesn't value it. You're either preaching to the choir, or speaking your mind and getting flamed.

Thanks for your contributions!

Your posts seem reasonable and you're contributing real content. Seems to me like that's the very definition of being useful to the community at large.

I appreciate you mate 🫂

I don't see controversy in your first page of your profile, but discussion about the articles. IMO, that's what you hope for.

Controversial posts that get engagement are probably thought-provoking and worthy of discussion. Discussion is much more important than karmafarming. Continue!

sounds to me, you take social media too seriously

People are always going to have varying opinions, that doesn't mean they have to break up. We are going to butt heads sometimes, that doesn't mean we also cant tell each other how nice those jeans make each other's ass look. So I'm going to say you filling them out real nice. Haha, on a serious note, I hope your doing well. Inbox is always open if you need to rant to someone

I've had you tagged for some time for past discussions I found dubious and recognize by sight your name now but don't stop posting what you believe; I still want to hear what you say unlike others who just seem like trolls or bots. I often agree even. I don't want an echo chamber; I want ideas challenged in both directions.

Your post history seems positive though, maybe I'm sorting wrong

I'd say keep posting. We need the content! Engagement is always low here, there is a lot of varied opinions here as well. Don't let it get you down.

Give up on reddit. There is no karma here.

Does it matter if you're controversial? I also left during the API debacle. Couldn't tell you what my karma was. Couldn't tell you what it would be here. Up votes just tell me if a post was well-received or not, I'm really here for the comments. This is my only form of online interaction with people.

I came from Reddit with over 2 million karma

No one cares.

I think you’re useful! I have Voyager’s tags on for votes, and it shows that I’ve upvoted your posts hundreds of times, so your content definitely has value for me.

Your account always stands out to me, I notice your posts and am happy to engage with them.

That said, do you, if you’re not feeling good about things lately a break probably couldn’t hurt (though my feed will suffer!).

I usually don't post links to news articles because I assume someone else will do it or already did it. And I'm right people people like you do it. So thanks. Just don't do it for 'karma', we don't need this silly competition for internet points here.

Hm, give me a million karma and I think I can help you out

Yes

When you know the crowd downvotes are more satisfying than upvotes.

Please, keep feeding me content.

I’m with you, homey.

Nothing wrong with controversy. Know who you are and be open to learning.

1. Controversy is always going to happen with anything politics, which is clearly something very important to you
2. Your worth is not a measure of the controversy your posts generate or karma
3. Maybe instead of giving up completely, consider also posting about some things that bring you peace and joy. I have no doubt that there is much more to you than very understandable anger about the world we live in.

In my case, I can't survive on a diet of outrage alone, especially when I'm often picking up my phone to get away from some kind of life stress, so I'm always keen for more posts in art, photography or pet communities. It helps to break up the wall of misery that is the news and reminds me there are still things worth fighting for. Sometimes I need to see a photo of a beach sunset someone saw and thought was pretty, or read a post about how they discovered a new hobby even if I'd never try it. Show me the cute dog you saw on a walk, or the weird random trash you found on the street, I'm here for it.

Consider it a form of community building. rest, and morale boosting for the war against humanity and the environment that we've been caught in, if you will.

isnt controversy good as long as conversation is civil?

In general I have thought so for a long time.

Even when we disagree, which has happened.

yes. i enjoy your posts. i am happy to see you and many others.

I'll be honest here. The majority of the content I see from you is defeatist doomer shit. We don't need that crap at the best of times, but certainly not now. Take a break and see if your outlook improves, for you, but you'd probably feel better ditching the doomerism.

Contribution is important

One thing about Lemmy that follows the Reddit formula perfectly is there’s always one jerk in every comments section. Don’t let em bother you.

Eh, I like you.

I'd recommend using the block feature freely. I've had to start doing that. There are quite a few arrogant hateful shitheads that will reliably respond negatively and self righteously and I have no use for that. Binary thinkers are a stressful waste of time.

Don't worry about the votes. You are free now.

Post what you are interested in.

What do you mean "useful"?
I can understand being useful to a community, if you're an expert and expertise is sought-after, but idk what it even means to be useful to Lemmy as a whole unless you're developing Lemmy or apps for it.

Bee useful to a community, but don't try to be useful to everyone

If you get dozens of upvotes, you are not controversial. If you get half a dozen negative comments, just ignore them. Don’t let the comments get yah!