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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Without a doubt

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The fediverse makes communities feel even smaller since even widely connected nodes have instances they aren't networked with, so even a massive userbase can feel like a small neighborhood, because as an individual user, that's what you're going to see with your account pegged to any given instance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (8 children)

The reason for that is Lemmy Social Score, aka karma. Most of the people on the internet are looking for a validation from online randos and this prevents them from posting unpopular points of view. Hide score from the users and you will see way more posts and comments.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (7 children)

There's a certain group of users I tend to come across here regularly. I post a lot myself too but I also have a habit of making new account about once a year so that not all my messages are from one user. I doubt many would remember me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, I actually do the opposite. I still have the same username as on Reddit to keep my person whole but I'm not sure why it matters. I'm even careful to not give too much info because of my choice.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Lol I don’t usually look at usernames, and when I do it’s almost always to block someone

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Hey, GrammarPolice! Nice to see you again today! Take care, see you later!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

That's how social media like this works. It was the same on Reddit but the user base was larger so it would be a little more difficult to notice. A very small percentage of users actually post and since we're already a pretty small community you'll notice the same people more easily.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yep. Lemmy isn't that big and it is generally the case that an online space is like an iceberg, with only some of the users seen a lot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Like friends!

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