Why do you post here or other social media?

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• ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because I value community, and I’m not interested in a community filtered through the interests of a profit driven company

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• colourlesspony@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This comic sums it up for me. Image

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• PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  All of those, subsumed by the intent to be sociable. As an autistic person with my particular set of idiosyncrasies, it’s so much easier and more fun to be sociable in text form than in person.

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• HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Honestly to hang. Its like hanging anywhere. What ya gonna do tonight. ah figure I go hang out at those federation folks.

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• PlzGibHugs@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Generally, I post either hoping to inform others, or be informed by others. Unfortunately, the lack of discussion/activity here is a pretty major disincentive to continue posting.

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  • durindana@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean this is a pretty amusing response considering that latter bit is not what they asked

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    • PlzGibHugs@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That part was to vent.

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    • Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Getting schooled by Lemmyists 🤙🏻😂

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• lordnikon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same reason I used forums or the tildeverse meet people and give and receive insight from my fellow humans

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• eightpix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is most my contact with others who read what I read and write what I write or think about what I think about. And, I vent here. Sure. I’ll admit it.

  The North American town I now live in is decidedly not like me. I work with youth. I parent young children. 21st century parents, and those who marry into my partners social orbit, need to book engagements five months to a year in advance.

  So, this is just easier.

  Also: Fuck Reddit. Fuck Xitter. Fuck Meta. That’s the venting. I quit, gave up, or got hacked on all of them. Admittedly, I use WhatsApp to appease my extended family, workplace, and some friends. I’d dip back to T9 SMS if I could.

  And I use Bluesky to microblog — keeping a timeline of the tragicomic decline and fall of the Western empire. And books.

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• squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I want this place to be active, so I post things that might be relevant to others. And the little dopamine boost if I notice that something I posted received some upvotes is nice as well.

  Everytime I think there’s nothing going on here, I post something myself. Or if the posts I see are mostly negative, I’ll post something positive. Be the change you want to see.

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• HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  For the Internet Points, obviously.

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• Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I got permbanned from Reddit for anti-Nazi rhetoric lol. This place is nice though. I don’t really want to go back.

  The only other social media I regularly participate in is hanging out at a decades-old art-centric chatroom in a niche corner of the internet. It’s just a nice comfort because it’s so small that it’s not on the radar for bots or enshittification.

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  • Nautalax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I got permabanned from Reddit for supporting terrorism because I posted an ISIS flag in a comment while pointing out how the part of it depicting Muhammad’s seal is based on a forgery some Europeans made as part of a fake relic to scam the Ottomans out of cash… which imo makes ISIS look like morons rather than somehow lending them support but apparently whoever reviews appeals can’t be bothered to read.

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• Gnergy@piefed.europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have been doing so for more than two thirds of my life (back then it was independent web forums). Hardly know a world in which that isn’t part of my habits.

  I do it because it is fun, kills my boredom, gives me meaning in life and often provides intellectual challenge. It also helps others and generally contributes to society by making more information available.

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• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I thought this place could be a way for leftist to fight back against right wing capture. Instead it’s like just really disappointing. It’s just really a showcase of why the right have succeeded and how the left went from a dominate position to the most submissive. I stay here and post hoping one day maybe people will wake up. But I also come here to be reminded how easy it is to lose it all if you choose the wrong team.

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• MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think it’s mostly fun. Rare occasion it’s to share something I think might be interesting info.

  I use the place to find new music, new places to possibly visit and other pieces of interesting info.

  I forget to post in some groups, eg: Vinyl & LPs… I think I’ve only posted once.

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• Zoomba669@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The need for community is part of human nature.

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• trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Being around people physically tends to drain my social battery quickly but I still crave communication. Also I enjoy teaching but wouldn’t consider it as a career (yet, anyways). Thus, internet.

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• Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ideally I’d just lurk but I chip in every now and again to help the place keep ticking over. Without interaction these places would be wastelands.

  Thanks for asking the question.

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