Ask Lemmy

You post mostly interesting content. Keep it coming.

Taken as a whole, I like your contributions here. But I – ironically, because I'm responding – also don't think you should give a shit what I say or really what anyone in this thread does. The only validation you need is your own; if you enjoy posting here, if you enjoy the comments you get* and conversations you have, if you think you're giving people something worthwhile, and if you think you're staying within the rules and on-topic, then that's what matters. If you don't, then that's also fine and maybe means you're burnt out and could be more fulfilled reducing your time here in favor of something else.

* I'm confused what you mean here by being "controversial"; Voyager shows you as +208 upvotes for me, and I'm sure I'm at least a bit notorious to regulars of this small pond as a cranky, critical, cynical fuck.

I came over after getting banned with more then half a million karma. I just post my shit. if folks like it, neat, if not oh well, not like there's a century club here or anything.

If you protest and meet counter protesters, do you pack up your bags and leave?

I don't feel what others think should be all that important to you. If they don't like what you're doing, they can go somewhere else.

Oz you have like, legit 1.2k upvotes from me according to my app lol. Your contributions are much appreciated. Keep posting! 😊

You do you, even if that means taking breaks, or finding new communities/instances within Lemmy, or finding new hobbies or groups within your real life community.

For what it's worth, You are one of the few names I recognize without tags and I often enjoy what you post.

Thank you for contributing!

I'm reading a lot here and also read a lot of your posts. Sometimes I agree with what you post, sometimes I do not agree. But reading your name next to a post title has never discouraged me to not click on your postings! I would be missing a lot of content if you weren't there.

But ultimately, neither I or anyone else should matter for if you post or not - if it's good enough for you, and you aren't breaking any rules, post away! I for my part do enjoy the content you post.

I'm controversial

You've ended up with +5 in my book, so you must be doing something right. At least according to me.

The points were always imaginary and made up… keep posting!

Lemmy has a bit of a reputation of being the "fight club" of the fediverse...

To a degree, I'd agree on that one. Some people come here looking for an argument, farming vibes in the doorway, don't let it get to you.

I love your posts! Thank you for being here and all your posts!

I have no idea who you are.

That's something you need to ask yourself. I'm just a commenter, not a poster though. An analysis of the various comments reacting to your posts may be another good place to start. Don't look so much at the up/down votes but the content of the comments (and the context as well). We all have our own little space to carve out in this world.

what are you saying that is controversial?

lots of lemmy users are are hostile echo chamber people who are hostile to anything that isn't part of their head canon.

Probably not. Then again, being useful was never an requirement for being on here so by all means, keep going.

I've seen your name before in both posts and comments. I can't even say if I've agreed with your content, but your goal should be to post things you're okay with. At most, if you get a negative reaction assess your opinions and your audience and see if one or both need to change. External validation is always a risky and potentially harmful thing.

So many tiny Lemmy communities out there. Any engagement is useful engagement. I think useful is an interesting metric to use though. It should be, “Am I different?” and “Am I open to being wrong?” We don’t need more of the same people posting the same buzzwords and opinions jerking each other off with no critical thinking. Lemmy/the world needs constructive conversation.

More useful than me for sure! I just looked at your history and found so many of the posts I clicked on in the past couple of weeks were yours so thanks for that!

You're one of the few users that are keeping Lemmy alive with content. If you stop, Lemmy will lose one of the most prolific posters and it'll be a loss for all of us.

Nope

Lenny’s rather new compared to Reddit, so by that fact alone I’d say keep at it. If you get to the point where you no longer want to post, don’t. But I appreciate your work as I’ve seen it.

Its important to keep in mind that in terms of upvotes what you post matters significantly less than where you post to and who happens to see it. One post in the same community on a different instance can initiate the opposite reaction.