Just curious to know how many mods here are

  • A. still “here” and active
  • B. here but given up due to lack of momentum, interest
  • C. abandoned platform completely
  • D. just waiting for the 1 year mark and praying new users and posters will continue to come
  • E. other? (like only relying at alternative matrix chat)

I’ll be happy to see more than 10 responses from this dead community 😉

[Update 11/18]: glad to see comments, feedback, much more than I expected. Also see the modlog for actions taken. Just wanted to point out a couple of threads:

[Update Nov 20] : WRT downvoting - see https://lemmynsfw.com/post/4581685

  • Neeka@lemmynsfw.comMEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    Thank you!

    And I’ve appreciated your comments whenever they are given!

    I would like to invite some kind of sharing, discussion, or other interaction in the communities. Anything like a human connection, and preferably a good enough one to have people coming back for it.

    Do you have any ideas? What keeps you engaging?

    • MaybeALittleBitWeird@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      At things stage I largely comment on OC. Mostly just to encourage it to keep being posted because it’s pretty sparse at this point on this platform and gets drowned out by pic collectors. Commenting is the best way to keep visibility high, as I’m sure you’re aware.

      Commenting on OC is easy because you can default to observation and flattery. Commenting on non-OC content is more difficult so you’ll always be at a disadvantage. I need to either have a photo deeply resonate with me or maybe a question on my end or very specific comment on an element that I appreciate.

      For me, I have a long-term partner who is not very into exploring boundaries and likes to keep things simple. Because of this I really only have experience with simple restraints. If you post an artistic picture of a complex restraint, a lot of that subtlety will probably be lost on me even if I still can appreciate that it’s a cool thing I like that I cannot or will not ever do. It’s difficult to leave a comment about something that you don’t fully understand though and if my best reaction is “Cool!” I’m likely to just upvote and not say anything because I don’t feel I have anything of value to contribute.

      If your goal is to interact with other people with a similar interest, my suggestion would be to leave a bit of information as to what attracted you to that specific image in the description. This gives someone an opportunity to connect and a bit of information to latch onto and comment on. Sellers use engagement-baits for a reason - they work. The community is small right now so I don’t know how many fish will bite, but it might increase your odds.

      • Neeka@lemmynsfw.comMEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thank you, and I appreciate the effort and care put into your reply.

        I’ll take this on board and see what I can come up with. The idea isn’t so much to get engagement on any individual post, but to get some sort of community interaction, to which I suspect the daily image posts are probably largely unhelpful.

        Because as you describe, it’s a high barrier to interact beyond a reaction, and even harder to interact with the community rather than the post/graphic.

        But your perspectives do remind me that we could have this discussion in each respective comm, and maybe the crowd will have wisdom on how to proceed. Thank you!