People quickly see that it’s just one person and quickly lose interest
If a community keeps posting post will it show up as more active and thus drawing more users? Even if it's one person who posts a lot?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Solumbran@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
otter@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It depends on the type of community.
If its only one person but they’re sharing neat photos or articles about a topic, then yes I’ll still subscribe. Some of my favorite communities on here have one or a few dedicated users. Over time more users do begin to post, even if the majority of the content is by one motivated person.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
But it is still the the way to get a community started nonetheless.
If even the creator of the community doesn’t post anything people don’t even gain the interest in the first place that they might (or ideally might not…) lose later on.
anon6789@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Depends how engaging that one person is.
That’s why I try to reply to everyone, even if it’s something simple.
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m a simple user. I go with an All feed with 6hr filter, then just check regularly. I usually get bored around the time I’m hitting the posts with 20 to 30 net positive votes, but sometimes go all the way if I’m killing time a lot that day. Gives a lot of pretty interesting stuff without getting too crazy or upsetting.
All this is to say, a single user posting four times a day with enough up votes to push it up to 20 net positive up votes and I’ll probably see it. But I only ever comment and upvote, so it’s not as good as getting a secondary poster or lifelong community member.
Carrolade@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To an extent, sure. That’s more about keeping a community alive through a dry spell, though.
Digital communities can easily take years to build, that’s not unusual at all. There’s always lulls in that early period where the community is mostly dead, but there’ll usually be 1-2 people just kinda keeping it on life support. Bones of the Moon has been doing that with our poetry sub for instance, if not for them, that sub would have died-died quite awhile ago. But since they (still, even) post there periodically, it winds up popping up on people’s new or local feeds every once in awhile and reminding everyone it exists, and once in awhile someone else posts there.
That’s the main reason I think people do it. Just kinda getting the community past that early period where most communities die out if left unassisted.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not with the low effort low quality stuff you tend to post.
moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 2 weeks ago
Depends on the algorithm you choose.
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 2 weeks ago
No. To me, comments and engagement is what keeps me there.
Just a stream of empty posts meh.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I think OP is talking about active users that engage and comment, not about the ones just lurking.