I expect a social media site to produce original content via its community. Even on a link aggregator style site, there should be more than just expressing an opinion - I can and should do that to greater effect on the site that provided the content in the fist place. After all, it’s about a discussion, not about seeing my particular opinion validated by many like-minded people. So I’m of the opinion that Lemmy needs original content. If that can’t be encouraged even at a basic UI level, I have little hope that lemmy will ever produce genuine content, because there’s no point in going to the trouble if you can just post some link or screenshot to greater effect instead, which you just copy and paste from another post on another platform. And that’s where the problem lies for me: I don’t think Lemmy has enough relevance just by commenting on bot posts. That’s why I’m asking for possible solutions, but nobody seems to want to hear that here. So my quick answer was: “Well, maybe lemmy is just not for me.” Simply because I thought that meaningful, objective dialog and genuine content would be possible here. After about 8 months on this platform, I can’t generally confirm that. This post with a rather neutral question confirms my negative impression - only downvotes. You can perhaps imagine that this didn’t go as I would have hoped. Maybe it was the word “flag” that did not go well with the folks here, but that is basically what i meant: make OC content more prominent because it takes way more effort then your standard link or copy/paste meme. Please just give at least some credit to real the content - that would be a very welcomed change from your average social site.
I mean OC in a litteral sence. Not OC in the sence of “I made a screenshot of x an posted it here” - this is not OC at all. I mean truly original content: things that have been posted on lemmy or any fediverse platforms and can’t be found anywhere else (at least not originally). In my experience, this content is the core of every social media application. If Lemmy doesn’t have this content, the platform is just not viable in my opinion. Imho original content created by the community is the essence of a particular social media app - that is proof that a community even exists. This seems to be true even for 4chan as well as TikTok, meta or YouTube (the latter two platforms pay content creators directly btw - not well, but still). All I’m asking is whether it wouldn’t make sense to at least highlight the actual original content somehow.
Also: See my comment to @can. - did not get an answer tho…
Yes, sure. But none of the major communies have that hint in their description. Meaning this practice is not common in most of the major communities. For example: I have not seen [OC] on any post in /memes.
It bothered me that the scale was barely conveyed. For example, I don’t think it becomes clear how massive the troop movement is when the Atreides take control of Arrakis. I think that would have been fairly easy to illustrate visually by doing a better wide angle shot of Arrakis in space with thousands and thousands of ships heading towards it. I mean, the scene with the ships emerging from the sea as the Atreides leave Caladan is nice, but it seems like it’s just the ruling family and their court moving - not a gigantic force that can permanently occupy an entire planet. But maybe I just don’t remember it correctly.
I am very sorry to hear that. I have a friend who is an addict. We have really tried everything but it was futile - multiple withdrawals and all that. He ultimately ruined himself and his family. I wish you all the best, but please be careful.