So basically 24 hours after posting, there is almost no contributions coming in, and after another 24h, it’s nearly impossible to see anybody chipping in to the subject in question. Everything goes silent, almost as if it didn’t matter anymore.
In lots of the old forums I used to use, commenting on a thread would subscribe you to it. I have no idea if the software supports it, but I’d like the ability to sort by New Posts to Subscribed Threads, or something similar. I think being able to keep tabs on activity in threads you have posted in might help prolong the lifetime.
The comment about thread necromancy also brings back memories. I’m not really sure why that was ever such a taboo, especially since reposting old topics was also frowned upon…
Yeah, only reason I saw this is because I’ve read all newer posts and am slowly going into history. But you got your interaction way later! :)
Because people tend to browse and comment whatever appears on New. If you are lucky, and your post makes it to Hot, you may see replies for slightly longer, but there’s only so much that can be said.
When joining a post, if there are already hundreds of comments, I’m unlikely to read all, and it’s very likely someone else already voiced my opinion so there isn’t much else to add there.
Within Lemmy, I think active is most used as it’s the current default for most instances. I’m not sure how it’s implemented, but based off my observations, I suspect it has some massive drop off after 2 days, because I regularly see posts up to 2 days old and never any older.
Though OP mentions just one day and I don’t have a good explanation for that. Personally, I don’t like to comment on anything older than a day and often self censor accordingly. I consider “within the last day” to be the sweet spot for engagement. Beyond that, it often doesn’t feel worth my time to comment because fewer people will see it and be able to respond.
I’m impatiently awaiting a “best” algorithm and will switch to it as soon as it’s available. I dislike literally all the sorting algorithm choices. I just dislike active the least because comments are what I’m here for. Sure would be nice to see smaller subs too, though.
I am always worried about replying to “older” threads after being brow-beaten on R×ddit with messages like “Dude, it’s been 48 hours. Why are you replying to this?”.
Plus the old “don’t necro old threads/posts” I’m used to from other sites and forums, as well.
Force of habit after those experiences, honestly.
Same for me. Sometimes I run into new communities and I’m itching to respond to a thread, but it’s maybe a week old and I don’t want to be told off for it.
I’d just reply to it - I’ve got a good conversation going that way. Same night happen with you.
I think at worst you’d get silence, if you did get someone ‘telling you off’ the arsehole wouldn’t be you
The majority of posts on Reddit are also like that. Perhaps a curse of a feed-oriented forum (or whatever this type of social media is called)
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