You're talking to someone who's active on !football@sopuli.xyz , the most popular game on the planet, and where nobody really discussed the Euro final, one of the most prestigious tournaments worldwide.

Everybody is aware that there are topics where we miss people. I say it several times in this thread were people say they are happy with our current population.

I'm not, which is why the community we're in exists, its sole purpose is to get more people here.

All of that being said, it's still an unfair assessment to say that there are no users. It's frustrating, and that's why I posted it here.

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

To each their own! I think, especially to someone on reddit, we effectively count as no active users. I don't expect people to be literal especially when they are talking about the user experience. (Heck, myspace still has millions of visitors but in common conversation, almost everyone would call it dead.)

If we want more people, we should think about how others view us, and instead of being angry that they aren't being literal, maybe we can think how to play to our strengths.

I dunno, rants like this just feel like we're being angry at people for a completely reasonable take on the fediverse.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If we want more people, we should think about how others view us, and instead of being angry that they aren’t being literal, maybe we can think how to play to our strengths.

Post got removed by Reddit: https://rl.huuu.biz/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j0xkqa/lemmy_as_an_alternative_to_reddit_using/

The original text: https://www.reddit.com/r/BoycottUnitedStates/comments/1jrcrh6/lemmy_as_an_nonus_alternative_to_red_dit_using/

We've are thinking on how to promote the platform and do it every week.

https://piefed.zip/c/fedibridge/p/654415/piefed-50k-mau-network-for-gaming-discussions-communities-guide#post_replies

A post like that gets 13 comments. People aren't interested in this stuff. It's tedious, it's boring, they don't care.

But when you post about the frustration of the process, you get 107 comments.

We've done the work, but nobody cares.

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A post like that gets 13 comments. People aren’t interested in this stuff. It’s tedious, it’s boring, they don’t care.

But when you post about the frustration of the process, you get 107 comments.

Ha, very fair. For what it's worth, I imagine a good chunk of the comments are because, well, for me at least this got caught up in the "hot" sorting, which then snowballs things.

Conflict etc generates clicks and engagement, even on alt social media!

Appreciate you trying to do the work! For my part, my hackles go a little on edge whenever I see what feels like another fediverse user blaming the normies for not hanging out for our community despite being rich in Star Trek/linux/bizzare memes and (sometimes extreme) Leftie politics.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I imagine a good chunk of the comments are because, well, for me at least this got caught up in the “hot” sorting, which then snowballs things.

That's probably what happened.

Next time I'll just rant in the Matrix Fedibridge room.