I've been one of the people saying "we don't need more users. we need quality over quantity" and i was wrong.
the way it's going, lemmy needs active users who post content sothat the network stays relevant. networks like the fediverse benefit from network effects and that means that if we have more users, that improves the value and quality of the fediverse overall.
So please, everyone, when you can, make advertisement for the fediverse in your personal area. Go talk to friends, make attractive stickers and put them everywhere, stuff like that. We would all benefit from it.
edit: source for the graph
why beat yourself up. you know good content won't be rewarded or seen.
only the ragebait. the internet is not information driven anymore, it's dopmine driven.
it's the super highway of rage and hate.
I have some posts/interests that I think would get some visibility. In my case, it really is executive dysfunction, heh.
Not that you're wrong. And, unfortunately, its a ludicrously profitable highway outside of the Fediverse.
i've seen a huge uptick in the rage/hate activity on lemmy... and it drives tons of upvotes and comments.
smart thoughtful interesting stuff... gets maybe 1/10 the activity.