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I loved the constant pop-ups with offers for things I could purchase. If I don't purchase something frequently enough I get sad so it's nice to have an OS that cares about my well being.

"Y'know, I havent!" Was so good.

This one combined a favorite sci-fi trope (timey wimeys) with pure unadulterated ridiculousness. It might be a series favorite for me!

Ah I got you, yes I totally agree. And I also do think gifs and shitposts etc can be shared and engaged with in an organic way that doesn't force out slower content, which is also partly why active moderation is so important.

Clickbait is a push-away factor for me. I’m not here for outrage.

I think most users here would agree with you (I certainly do). There are dozens of apps out there that scroll the same memes endlessly and trying to make Lemmy competitive in the marketplace for attention by imitating that format will fail. I think the best strategy for Lemmy-growers is to lean into the strengths of the Fediverse by hosting discussions and communities that the Reddit algorithm suppresses.

This is a good thought provoking post, but I think most of the methods you describe here actually work against the Fediverse, both in terms of desired outcomes and actual growth.

• If a user comes to Lemmy (for example) and sees the same stale meme feed and engagement bait they see on Reddit, what's the incentive to switch? What makes Lemmy unique?

• Of the users who are here and understand the reasons for not using commercial social media, most are probably trying to avoid the bulk of the sort of content made by the suggestions you give.

• Growth-for-growth's-sake puts more burden on instance admins for reasons that don't involve growing a sense of community (presumably the reason they are investing time in the first place).

My point is that Lemmy can never compete with Reddit in terms of attention and distractability and trying to build "community" around that here will always fail. We should lean into Lemmy's strengths, focus on growing communities and discussions and the kind of thing the Reddit algorithm suppresses.

It is Christmas episode it's probably going to be how Santa gets to so many houses on Xmas eve.

For years I had thought I got old and don't have friends who play games as much anymore but this meme made me realize it's that I wasn't making new gaming friends.

I had basically one TF2 server I would play on because that's the one I knew the people. It was like the community basketball hoop. If people weren't playing then sometimes I would text a friend and try to get a game going or more often than not just try again later. It felt natural and low-stakes. This meme hits hard.

What's the matter with Firefox for Android? I love that it has full extension support.

The cocktails make me think he might be doing a "fuck it" and simply being lazy with shaving. Regardless, it will be funny when he grows a better beard in a single episode.

Interesting take that feels dismissive to me, what about the episode makes you draw that conclusion? It strongly felt to me like her experience was being presented as outside the bounds of what can be measured by science.