Only 60% of posts by one individual actually means the community is active and thriving. Are you familiar with the 90-9-1 rule? Lemmy is still small enough that most communities that are any activity at all are being carried by a single individual.

[–] theonetruedroid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Having a small community is a blessing and a curse. Reddit grew too large of a user base, and the quality of interactions took a significant decline around 2015 or so. I'm hoping Lemmy (and federation in general) can bring back what I found special about Reddit around 2009-2010.

I see some of the issues that Reddit has (one-word or low-effort comments, people not reading the article, atrocious grammar/spelling), but it doesn't seem to be the norm. I've been visiting Lemmy for around a year but have finally decided to stop using Reddit and become active over here.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Those issues you point out ("that reddit has") seem to be common on all medium/large platforms. One word comments like "first" and "this" were common on sites like digg, long before reddit came along. And spelling/grammar mistakes are older than the internet.

[–] theonetruedroid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

The comment section of Digg was very different from Reddit. The Digg redesign was the original reason I ended up moving to Reddit.

Their were some one word replies and grammar mistakes but it was certainly not the norm in the subs I frequented at the time.

I can't say much about other social media sites, as Reddit is the only one I have used with any regularity.

[–] fedditter@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What if that one individual is not well informed? Makes all others look like dumb sheeps. I am scared of this.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 points 4 days ago

Then be that poster yourself, I guess? There's not much that can be done about this, this is just sort of how human beings work. Most people are going to be silent consumers and lurkers.