I just wish the people in the subs I mod and post in would post some too. I feel like I am just posting for myself in those subs. Hell I am not a mod in c/trailrunning and it has like 170 members and no one post. I was the last person that posted. I know people are looking because someone is upvoting the things I post but no replies, no conversation. I don't know what to do to drive engagement.

I get around that problem by simply never looking at your usernames

Reddit has a dedicated Tor site

As for posting stuff on the internet, I don't care anymore. I just try to not post stupid shit, and be decent to other people.

Lemmy is also not overrun by AI bots and sock puppets.

For some of the really prolific posters, yes. But there are also lurkers like me.

I doubt anyone can recognize me when I comment or encounter a comment I made.

I think should touch some grass because i may recognise more people here than in the village i am living in for like 2 jears

It's the same with every small forum tbh

Oh, you sweet summer child.

Username checks out

I mean, sure, if we're pretending you can't abandon accounts at will and make new ones elsewhere in the lemmy...verse.

The whole idea of "who" is kinda pointless.

Maybe I am the real Vanilla Puddinfudge. Maybe I'm not. What would it mean either way?

At least people are keeping my mother's name out of their damn mouth.

Oh, you umami monsoon adolescent.

At least we can all say that we are famous on the internet.

Even on big websites like Wikipedia there are only a few hundred major editors that write most of the content and they all know each other. On Youtube you tend to get to know everyone in your filter bubble as well.

your privacy is worse on lemmy. anyone can access all your comment and post upvotes and downvotes. your pms are open for server admins to read. both examples need to be fixed imo

Oh, you sour winter adult

The place is a Village rather than a City.