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All I see are rows of empty questions. Did something scare everyone away? Don't tell me everything got empty after the last drama happened.

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[–] spittingimage 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A lot of the time I'll read a thread, realise I have nothing useful to add, and move on.

[–] Volkditty 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Many is the time I've gotten halfway through typing a response only to lose interest in my own opinion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh man, that’s the wor

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Same here. I type a response, read before submitting, only to decide it is not worth putting out anyway. I only manage to submit comments when it is related to cooking.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

No idea about anyone else, but I tend to only chime in if the question spurs some kind of thought, or I have a story that matches, or some other kind of quasi useful input.

So it can be weeks before I jump in, or multiples in the same day.

[–] fjordbasa 15 points 2 months ago

I know beggars can’t be choosers and if every rule breaking post was removed this community would probably only have a few posts left- but frankly, most of the questions just aren’t very good

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I'm here, I don't answer to anywhere near all questions I see though.

[–] Skyrmir 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Nothing but anecdotal, but it kinda looks like Bluesky is becoming a thing. Couple that with a lot of people taking a step back from the world right now.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 5 points 2 months ago

Bluesky grew by a million users in a week.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

brazil jumped from twitter, that was a huge part of it. the election caused another wave.

bluesky is just twitter with faux-federation. it will end up with the same issues eventually when its board decides to recoup.

[–] KombatWombat 2 points 2 months ago

The dotnet conference is happening right now and I was surprised to hear a couple of the speakers advertising their Bluesky. They had accounts on other social media too, but that seemed to be their main one. These are tech enthusiasts so it makes some sense, but it's always seemed like an afterthought whenever I've seen profiles linked before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's Bluesky? First time hearing that

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

You're living under a rock, aren't you? I keep reading about it nearly everywhere, way more than I would like to.

It's a microblogging platform, i.e. replacement for Twitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We're all in better Ask Lemmy on .world

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

So the rumors mentioned are true.

[–] tupalos 3 points 2 months ago

Got banned from Reddit. Also Reddit is acting like a piece of shit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

that's in interesting perspective since i'm seeing the opposite with responses to all the questions.

i go through asklemmy every morning while i'm caffeinating at the start of each day because the questions usually wake me up with a WTF or a TIL.

i must be on their blocked list. lol

also: i wonder at how it weighs on your soul & outlook to feel like you have to curate such a list in a safe space.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I answer if I see it and I can answer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I browse all and the front page of lemmy.ml. I don't usually seek out specific communities.

Are you sure you want my answers?

[–] hightrix 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks for this post. Yet another power tripper that is blocked (from the drama link)