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"A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions."
This is more something that should go to NoStupidQuestions. Your answer is that it tastes stony. Discussion ends there.
Hall monitor vibes.
I just don't wanna see AskLemmy turn into AskReddit, is all. That sub frustrated me endlessly cause it could have been a great place for people to interact, tell interesting stories, discuss ideas and whatnot, but it turned into "do you agree with this opinion everybody here already agrees on" and "men/women, what sex do you sex the most?"
I ain't a prude, but I don't enjoy seeing something that could be a bastion for high brow content get turned into a breeding ground for boring, uninteresting slop.
Gonna take the L here since like ey, not a big issue at all lol. I just want more meaningful content than something with a single one word answer that I won't remember in 5 minutes.
Thanks for thinking through what you said before. I think you might be underestimating Lemmy users.
I wanted to say something like this myself, but I'm glad I didn't - You worded yourself better than I ever would be able to.
I find that lemmings in general is a lot less of a horny hivemind that would generate the kind of askreddit-post as described above. Sure, not everything is serious, but the occasional satire or joke post is usually light hearted and can be appreciated for what it is without fear of Lemmy devolving into the worst parts of reddit.
You're no fun :(
I just don't like low effort content being somewhere that could be a great spot for interesting, profound discussions. I'll take the L here, ain't a big issue worth getting worked up over, but I'll stand by my thoughts lol
Imma say just because you think something is low-effort doesn't mean its not interesting or pleasantly unusual, or that I didn't think people would find it enjoyable and possibly even...gasp, thought-provoking* (maybe it will be experience-provoking, does that also qualify as an ostensibly stupid question)... ~~The top reply says he works with the stuff and it can be~~ ~~stony savory like steak seasoning. Whoops~~ K turns out they were joking but the original rhetoric still applies ;)
Having said that, I agree with the guy below on a maybe better place for it but your stuff wasn't necessary nor was it likely to get me to fall in line
Yeah, I will apologize to ya for the unnecessary harshness. Could'a worded it much better than that. Leaving it as is for posterity's sake, but there was no excuse for it.
Good on ya for that, I appreciate you saying it. I have a bit of a chip on my shoulder about it, not because its necessarily always 100% unfounded but because my curiosity and willingness to blurt things out like this has led to some really interesting experiences and insights and I won't risk that for ideals or PerfectForm type thinking.
We won't get as big as AskReddit, but even if we did, just sort by Best/Top for whatever period. Lemmy's still got lots of catching up to do in terms of content on tye quantitative side, we've done well generally with the qualitative already by itself by virtue of the self-selection inherent to even knowing what Lemmy is and having an account no less 😉I shitposted before I knew a name for it (like fairly recent development lol) and I saw the consequences, trust me, I'm much more particular now
Would be a better fit for [email protected] but in any case, I don't mind the occasional silly question. It can be fun to try coming up with a funny response.
See, now this is how someone who wants to be effective in their communication works. Although, I'm sure someone has and would argue with basically anything I've posted so the standard is still a bit opaque :/
Nonetheless, I will experiment with that.