Comment on Why does heathcliff without heathcliff dominate Lemmy's /comics
girl@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Looking at the account, they post 1-2 a day. Is that really too much for you?
As of this reply, of the 20 links on the frontpage of !comics@lemmy.ml … 9 are “Heathcliff Without Heathcliff”. Sometimes the comic has as many as 15 on the front-page.
The account spams the instance - I just don’t know if it’s an in-joke, the poster just has nowhere else to post an over-used joke, or the mods don’t care about spamming.
I disagree that 1-2 posts a day counts as spam. It is a disproportionate amount of the posts because not enough other users are active. If more people posted regularly, it wouldn’t seem like so much. The user likes the comics, and they get upvoted more than downvoted, so it’s clear more people like them than not. I recommend you block them if you are so tired of seeing them.
I’d say it’s relative. If you’re the predominant thing on the whole all feed on a proper instance, it’s probably much. Doesn’t matter if the actual number is 1,2 or 400.
I’ve heard people leave Lemmy on their first day because “it’s just meme pictures”. That was also one single community having way more posts than the other communities. And Lemmy defaulting on showing all the local comminities by ‘active’ instead of subscribed communities.
And it can kill engagement if things get monothematic. But that’s not always the case. Depends on the community.
First world problems
neo2478@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
It’s all in context. If there are only 1-2 posts per day then yes. There are more of course, but it does feel like a lot.
For me it was too much of it, and do not find it funny, so I blocked the user. But I like that people that enjoy it, still get to see it.
girl@lemm.ee 2 years ago
When you say there are more of course, do you mean there are more than 1-2 heathcliff posts a day? I can’t see them.
Blocking does seem the simple solution if you get tired of seeing them, instead of this passive aggressive post that will just make the poster feel like a nuisance.
neo2478@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Sorry, I meant that there are a lot more non heathcliff posts. Meaning it’s not the majority.
Nobsi@feddit.de 2 years ago
There’s not… theres almost nothing there. The sub is empty as all heck.