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At least on the communities i follow. Every so often I come across a thread where i recognize most of the users there even in the big communities with over 30k members and I haven't even been on lemmy that long.

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[–] ChilledFlames@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

guess I'm not famous here :(

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I have no idea what you're talking about, says the chump who has a series of precisely 103 formulaic knife reviews posted here.

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[–] poke@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago

Roll-call for the lurkers! (If u want, no pressure)

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Commenting not so much, but posting is almost exclusively done by a regular few. Reddit was already like that, but Lemmy is infinitely smaller so it becomes obviously apparent.

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[–] andrew_s@piefed.social 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I recognize most of the users there even in the big communities with over 30k members

Communities with 30k members could really do with pruning the completely inactive ones. It's not like there's any commercial reasons to pretend that places are busier than they actually are.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I disagree. There is nothing to be gained by removing people from a group. You can't predict when they might suddenly become active and by removing them you're abrogating their ability to participate.

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[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 7 points 5 days ago

I've stopped referring to community sizes - especially when there hasn't been a post for a year. Instead, monthly active users is where it's at:-).

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A place has to be seeded for a forest to grow...

Somebody has to do the job since normal person only reads, maybe upvote.

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

With such a user pool you'd think I'd make someone laugh

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[–] bricklove@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I pop in every month or so. I'll see ya around!

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[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)
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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'd say there is a handful of most active users, and plenty of those who chime in to say something once in a while.

[–] Barking@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don't saw much in English, but in French yes it looks like we are 3 or 4 users

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

No but I don’t think that’s a bad thing.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

No there's like four of us

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago (5 children)

There are prolific posters and some bots that post nearly half of the content that gets popular on a particular day. Commentors I think there's a healthy mix of regulars and users I don't recognize.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 days ago

Most people are probably pretty passive, so yeah, I think there's a subset of posters who are highly visible. But even over at Hacker News, where there's a much larger audience commenting, I recognize specific names because something they said in the past got my attention and I start piecing together their personality a bit at a time.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Am I the only one who absolutely despises people asking "Am I the only one who..." about anything? God it's always something mundane that any idiot could dream up too. There are 8 billion people currently on the planet and who knows how many before us. No, whatever it is, no matter what, you are not the only one who anything. Ever.

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[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 6 points 5 days ago

I comment a lot more often than I post. Tho I don't know if people recognize me, since I'm more active on the ich_iel side of Lemmy.

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