• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Stumble across an interesting community that’s been dormant for a few months

    Decide to try making my own post there to see if others will follow and get the community going again

    Get immediately downvoted by the subscribers who haven’t posted anything for 6 months and yelled at for posting something that’s not exactly what they wanted to see there, even though it clearly fits the rules

    Make a few more posts in hopes of winning someone over then give up because people are being dicks or just not engaging at all

    Eventually give up and watch the community die again

    This has happened to me several times since I started using Lemmy lol

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      8 months ago

      Post food in food porn. Gets ridiculed because my food is an abomination and should not be called by the foods name. See others post butchered regional food that i definitely know the locals will not recognize as that food. That post gets praised for putting an effort. WTF?

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          8 months ago

          What I expected was food appreciation no matter how it looks or how it strays from the traditional recipe. But what I got was someone telling me that what I posted was not a traditional food yet I’m seeing other non tradional food getting praised.

          I simply want food appreciation not food gatekeeping.

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      8 months ago

      Which communities?

      I’ve tried posting in metalcore, dnb, and phonk and the users don’t get mad at me or anything but there’s just not that much engagement.