• jcmurty@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think there’s a greater chance of lemmy users interacting rather than just lurking because of the requirement of posting or commenting to be counted as active which should in turn help grow the community

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      1 year ago

      Is there a reason why I should care if my account is active or not? Genuine question I just made my account two days ago

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        1 year ago

        a question remain - while I think the requirement to engage to be counted as active will certainly increase engagement generally - will it lead to “quality” content and comments? not that I currently know exactly how you quantify quality

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          1 year ago

          That’s a good question, and probably not. I figure growth won’t increase the proportion of quality comments, but it will undoubtedly increase the frequency. Hopefully the voting system will cause low quality comments to drift away from what we tend to see.

          Something I take away from forums is that user volume is incredibly impactful, even if most is low quality. As long as there is something to scrape off the top, I think I’ll be satisfied. Obviously this misses some nuance but I think it works as a rule of thumb, especially to grow incredibly small niche communities that otherwise won’t exist.