You can respond more than 1 day later and it’s still relevant!
On Reddit it seems on most major subs if you’re not one of the first to respond, or within 2 hours, then you may as well shout into the abyss.
So much content is being created on Reddit that only the tide of instant opinion (and gratification) sweeps certain posts to the front page before ebbing into history, until someone reposts for karma. I suppose that’s the most efficient and easiest way of filtering posts but there surely must be a better way that does not involve mod (human) judgement. Some forums - like whirlpool or skyscrapercity - have matured enough to be self-regulating and largely appear not to have those problems.
And here I am: 6 hours after OP and still able to post the second comment 😄
I honestly like this slower pace. Reminds me of good old times posting in online forums… 😍
Now, me responding in 7m! Speed is speed!
You are right, the comment after 2 hours will never been seen unless the topic is hot, sensitive or both
Just checking to see if this thread is still relevant…
I’m making it so!! It is actually nice to have a manageable number of comments and which aren’t repetitive, or a bunch of people racing to get the first clever comment in that then is copied 50 times over for next time…
I recon we can keep this one going for months!
I read your post 8 days after you wrote it, so… yup.
It’s made even worse when the post is something you have a lot of experience with but the echo chamber has been established for a poor narrative.
E.g. I work for a company that has John Deere as one of their franchises. There are a lot of things I don’t agree with that JD has done but there’s also a lot of just straight up incorrect info out there and that is normally what is parroted first. By the time I normally comment, as someone who actually deals with the product daily, it’s too late and gets buried.
I mean even the politics sub in the place-that-shall-not-be-mentioned suffers from the same problem even though they don’t have an unmanageable amount of comments. When a community is polarised but filled with unqualified but loud voices, you get echo chambers that form.
It’s frustrating for someone who’s keen to see a different perspective and learn something new.
I heard john deere are terrible with right to repair! :D
8 hours later and third comment I guess.
You’re absolutely right and not just the commenting is slower, also the reading is easier. I mostly used reddit as a lurker (I’m trying to change that here) and the amount of comments and discussions were or are overwhelming. And because nobody reads 1k+ comments, a lot just repeats. That’s why I mostly just read the first 3 parent comments and some discussions beneath. And here I can and want to read all comments, cause mostly its like 5-10 with much less repetition.
it’s hard to keep up in large subreddits… I think of a clever reply or something of value, and look and see the post is 2 day old and like… not worth it, no one will see it!
It’s almost like over a certain size you need sub sub reddits eg /r/melbourne/transport, /r/mebourne/food, etc etc.
Although it does make the feed a little confusing. I initially thought that the app I was using simply bugged out, rather than the threads just being active a few days after being created.
Wonder if Lemmy will develop the same kind of taboo against necroposting that Reddit and forums had back in the day. It was generally frowned upon to revive an old thread, even though you could feasibly do it.
I have set my default sort order in my profile settings to Subscribed & NewComments
The NewComments ordering by default has been fantastic.
FIRST POST!!
Ahh dammit! I’m too late!
But I too like it a bit slower. And the lack of trolls and bots is nice too. They haven’t made it here. Yet.
Lol sometimes it often did feel like a race for the first, cleverest comment. Then as you scrolled down dozens/hundreds/thousands of comments they all started to sound the same…
