I wasn’t sure where to put this, but it’s meta to Lemmy/Piefed so I figured this is as good a place as any.
I’ve noticed a trend of certain posters submitting several threads or even copies of the same thread back to back. Sometimes they’re all about the same topic, sometimes they’re different, but it seems like some people do all their posting at once. The result is usually something like 7 or 8 threads in my feed from the same person back to back, often with all of them being just images. So like, 8 images of cakes in a row or whatever.
Does anyone else find this obnoxious? I personally tend to block people who post this way so they don’t show up in my feed, but I’m wondering if it’s just me. It seems like poor etiquette to me, but I’m curious if I’m alone in this.
As someone who has been on a bit of a posting spree - life is busy, I post when I have time. It’s the holidays so now I have more time to get through a backlog of content and share what I find interesting.
I’m not a bot. I’m not scheduling my posts to have the most impact. I’m not here to optimize your feed.
If you feel like you’re seeing too much of the same content, please post more to drown it out. My opinion: Lemmy/PieFed needs more contributors, not fewer.
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Honestly, Lemmy posts aren’t terrible if you curate them from a wider pool. It means I’ll catch topics that I might not otherwise because I don’t like getting wrapped up in social media. I look at it more as something to scroll through that’s customizable. I don’t comment a huge amount and I very rarely post on any of my accounts.
I’m also not at all shy about using the block button on this account, though, and it’s been a better experience. If there’s something showing up in my feed that I’m not interested in seeing, it’s easy to filter it out. Blahaj has a good mix of defederations so it’s a good start on its own, and Piefed is great for being able to block communities, instances, and users. If I’m remembering piefed correctly I think I also have some title word blocks set up too.
If I want to see more I can always switch to another account, but I find I generally like this better.
There definitely is a lot of petty argumentative one-upmanship in the comments, and a lot of what seem like just hired trolls, but it’s easy to avoid the comments and it’s easy to not engage with people.
Making the problem worse isn’t a solution.
I think many people would disagree, it needs better content, not more.