Ask Lemmy

There's a handful of posters here that I definitely recognize. I don't know if I'd call any of them big accounts, though that may not be a bad thing.

I think there's a small handful of powerusers like LadyButterfly, Stamets, The_Picard_Maneuver, formerly FlyingSquid, etc, but they seem to me mostly non-problematic, mostly don't seem to overreach, and all seem to be actual people who actually interact and engage in discussions as members of their respective communities. I think some of them could post less or be more discerning in what they post, if it was up to me, but I understand that currently all of these type of users are interested in the growth of Lemmy and motivated to do their part to provide content, so I appreciate them vastly more than any critique I have of them. I am wary of the influence and soft power that can be accrued by powerusers, but as of right now I personally don't think it's a particular issue the community is currently facing.

But also I am not the most active or engaged community member, especially in the drama or social politics side of the fediverse, so the likelihood of blindspots in my view is high, I'll admit.

You don't recognise Satan's Maggoty Cum Fart?

PugJesus and The_Picard_Maneuver have already been named. The former basically single handedly keeping some history communities alive and the latter a lot of meme and Star Trek content.

For specific communities, @BallShapedMan@lemmy.world is a mainstay on !artshare@lemmy.world

@Agent_Karyo@piefed.world posts a lot of gaming content.

@MimicJar@lemmy.world is basically keeping !thesimpsons@lemmy.world in the feed signelhandedly.

The_picard_maneuver I feel was a large reason there was even enough meme content to make it start feeling like a reddit replacement for me. I don't hate power users here since we need more posts to keep the fediverse content active. Maybe if we had 10k+ upvote posts in a single day it'd get old seeing the same faces, but if the content is good it's elevated. I'd only want something done about it if there were bots who follow-voted to achieve misleading numbers.

I got big letters for my account. 🤷‍♂️

I think I'm on here too much because I was kind of surprised, my first reaction was "of course! People like stamets, ladybutterfly, silence7, PugJesus, The_Picard_Maneuver, etc..."

But I shouldn't really think of this as obvious, but more of a sign that I should be on here less lol

Never mind these no name nobodies in the other comments. I have decided to grace this thread. Please continue to anoint me with rare fragrances and oils; fan me with large palm tree leaves, etc.

TotallyNotJessica in the transfem meme corner

Plenty of accounts that I see commenting here regularly. Not "big accounts" per se but rather just people I seem to be running into constantly. This is such a small platform that it's pretty easy to get niche fame. That's why I'm on my 10th account.

the Kolanaki guy, that Chinese guy who keeps changing his name but has an ROC flag profile picture, LadyButterfly (she posts a lot in a community I moderate, very pleasant person). I think I've had my scrapings with Pugjesus and afraidofzombies, good to have discussion. There's also someone on here called "Satan's maggoty cum fart"

Oh and YappyMonotheist is one of my favourites. He's a very pleasant gentleman.There was a mormon guy here called Baldprophet, haven't seen him in ages

Well, there's no following here, there are just people who create posts way too often in too many communities, so you see them all the time - like cm0002, I also see a lot of Deceptichum and LadyButterfly but not as much as cm0002

Wait. You guys look at posters' names?

Sometimes I feel like I spend too much time on this site, so I'm pretty glad to not see my name popping up in any of these comments, ha. Makes me feel less like a dingle with no life. (No offense intended to heavy posters, I'm just referring to how I feel about me. I wouldn't ever think someone else who posted a lot was a dingle with no life, because a lot of people's social lives happen online and that's okay.)

Oh. We exist.

You may need to be subbed to a relevant community (for me it's anime girls) to repeatedly see a given user to the point that you start recognizing them. I certainly have users I recognize.

You might know me for running the dailycomic bot that has continued the CnH posting after the original mod stopped doing it manually, or the !moomin@sopuli.xyz community.

But I know for a fact most people who'd recognize my handle, consider me "the anime girl poster". I use the same username in games, and have been asked "are you the MentalEdge from Lemmy" once, which was new.

From my perspective there are also people who comment often enough that I remember them.

There's the guy that posts a daily collection of screenshots from games he is playing, along with commentary on how he likes the games.

There's a couple big names over on lemmyshitpost.

Same goes for tenforward.

There's Blaze, who I know as a general background engine of activity and advocate for good on the fediverse.

There's a bunch more, but I'm not gonna bombard them with mentions.

There was FlyingSquid who was a "power user" and mod, posting seemingly 24 hours a day, but he seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. Apart from that the only users I recognize are the ones I typically have regular disagreements with over politics.