Sunday, May 26, 07:30 UTC: posts from only 5 users make up 71% of /s/all

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[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I hadn't really considered it. It's illuminating though I don't know what to think about it. I just share what seems good enough. Not always great, but if that were the bar then there'd be way few posts in general on SaidIt, including from me.

I don't keep score. Many of my best posts have been ignored. And many of those I'm not invested it may rocket. It's all too arbitrary IMO.

And this is before I even start with bots that I hope will free up resource to do other stuff.

I still don't feel like a Redditor. I'm either seeking out new information (and sharing it), or kicking back with my regulars (and sharing it). And because of the limited and redundant conversations on SaidIt, I force myself to engage from time to time but don't get much from it for the most part. It's like this on Reddit too - you have to sift through all the meh comments to find a real gem.

That statistic would be more interesting if there was another qualitative number there. For example, if a person posts 1000 and 10 make the top 100, that's vastly qualitatively different than a person who posts 20 and 10 make the top 100.

This 71% of the SaidIt wealth being owned by 5 people is funny. But it doesn't change anything about my thinking. And none of these comments here offer any unique insights into maintaining or changing or whatever. It just is.

At best a couple people said they're not into politics or conspiracies - but offer nothing else to turn to. Meh.

On the plus side, before I saw this post, I've decided to follow /s/SaidIt first and above all others ways to view SaidIt content. That's how I stumbled upon this post. I used to rely on Subscribed and was trying to work through Top. I should have done this months ago.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's many different ways to Reddit. Some shamelessly repost funnies for the karma, some draft well researched essays and post once a month. A sub like /r/conspiracy certainly values quality much more than quantity. Some subs probably prefer the quantity.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As many of us do, I have wide interests. I can also appreciate content for a wide array of reasons, and be likewise critical. I post stuff that I feel has at least some worthy content. If I wasted my time I won't waste yours. Initially I was more selective but that wore off within a month or so as the masses were unpredictable and often voted for stuff that wasn't as good as what I'd take lots of time to present. I still don't care about the points and I'd like to be able to rate my votes and my own content if only to indicate how important I think it is. I add A+++ to the really good ones, usually to no effect. Now, if it's not junk, I throw it in to see what sticks. Low effort images and quotes always seem to win.

I used to complain about pooling. It's not changed. And I'm as guilty as anyone of making it worse. Checking the top posts only is a very crude filter, but at least it's a filter. And now I vote for almost everything I look at just to flag it as viewed. Sad. Bigly.