It even comes already deepfried for free
I'm constantly surprised at how many people upvote my Heathcliff without Heathcliff edits. It's the most derivative project I've ever done and that anyone pays attention is kinda amazing.
I've have never seen tge original content, so from my point of view its original is yours and them someone add a cat (or a bird with a helmet? ) to it.
I keep meaning to talk to Peter Gallagher about why he does that but I haven't had a chance. I have a feeling. He just thinks that it needs a cat. Though I do think the helmets add something.
Every day I post on c/poetry, and every day I'm like hey, 15 people liked what I picked! Somehow a smaller scale means more.
I've posted a few of my finished mini paintings and it was so nice when people interacted
Where did you post them? I need to follow this.
There's only a few posts on my profile. The places aren't super active still
I'll join and make it sparkle. I love your paintings!
Thanks!
Like others have touched on, this place seems like a reasonable discussion with some real people. It’s not INTERNET BULLSHIT FIREHOSE.
Actually upvotes on Reddit is much harder. Because you'll get burried in so much shit, nobody will see your post. The algorithm is so shit that only the most popular communities get shown first.
Lemmy is much better, people will read your post and it will actually go somewhere.
Lemmy is actually my most active platform. Nowhere has the self selection of joining communities, which means I'm just posting to my profile and no one sees it. With Lemmy (and Reddit before it) every post I make gets seen by people who want to see it and upvote/comment on it.
I feel that. Personally, I loved reddit back then and Lemmy now, because it's content-focused instead of user-focused. But it still has enough user accountability for it to work out, unlike e.g. something like the *chans, where it devolves into a cesspool of edgy nonsense quickly.
On Lemmy/old Reddit, there are visible powerusers and drama, sure, but on average the experience one will have when posting something is engagement with their content, instead of engagement with their person.
I never was able to get into any other social media, never really saw the appeal of it either. I feel like I want to not be seen, at least not intensely, and instead my content and my thoughts and opinions to be engaged with, reflected, developed. Most social media has only gotten worse in drifting into the other direction, with people becoming brands advertising themselves as a marketable package, chasing that dream of living on fame.
I often get up to 10 likes when I upload my cat pics with hashtags on every platform.
The old post has 24 votes and this has over 400. Lemmy has grown exponentially since then.
Thanks spez for being such a big lemmy growth contributor.
Try 1.2k votes.
Holy you've been here for four years?
Yupp, blame my FOSS-fundamentalism and communism for being here early - but I still took a looooong break after first trying it out for a bit. Am elated it managed to grow a community since then.
Sorry, I haven't been on Lemmy as long. How did Communism send you here?
The short answer: It made me interested in non-commercial alternatives. The fact that the main devs are communists in their own right (even though not necessarily of the same school of thought as myself, but close enough), certainly helped, too.
BTW, just in case you are concerned about that - they are commited to free software principles and the software they develop here is certainly politically agnostic, and they can't and won't keep anyone from hosting their own instances with their own focus or forking the software in the worst case.
Oh I'm fine about communism I didn't realize the founders were communist.
People here describe them as tankies, which I take as meaning a person who thinks the Soviets did communism right
I prefer old commies. They wanted a local revolution and only liked the USSR in that they were the best source of money for funding such revolutions
Yeah FOSS fundemental communists, we’re the worst echo chamber.
Comrade.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lE4UXdJSJM4&pp=ygURTGludXggc3RhbGxtYW5pc20%3D
100M view from normies or 10 upvotes from chads. You decide.
Here's an upvote.
Chintastic!
Each upvote on lemmy is handcrafted by an actual human
As an actual human, can confirm I use my human fingertips to press the upvote button on the posts and comments I enjoy.
100% USDA certified organic, free range, artisanally handcrafted upvotes. Made with love.
Artisanal upvotes
Still accurate, the amount of joy from a handful of upvotes beats thousands of updoots from the other place
100% right - I type while bathing in those sweet, sweet endorphins and taking in my brain thinking it's inside a valued person for a change
Sometimes I like a post so much I hit the upvote button twice
throwing you a downcite for balance ❤️
You're hitting a Mastodon level of upvotes here!!
I use Lemmy because it appeals to my wish to be alone, by myself, with no one here beside me ❤️ social media peace at last.
Be sure to follow the rule before you head out.
Rule: You must post before you leave.
