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Why is Lemmy not a place for thoughts and observations, rather than just links, questions, and memes? And could it be? (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Does it have something to do with the rise of smartphones and no one typing on real keyboards? (Maybe why blogs died.)

Is it a consequence of voting, which blogs didn’t have?

What happens to your thoughts? Do you turn them all in the form of a question? Do you tear them down into a Mastodon one-liner and hope a popular person notices it?

If Lemmy had more of ourselves in this way, maybe it would be a healthier place.

Being idle until the media put out an article on something for us to talk about gives them too much power over us.

There’s an actual_discussion community, which isn’t exactly lively. There’s a casualconversation community, and even that’s all in the form of a question.

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

When a headline or thread starts with "Why..." you can often reply to it simply by repeating the question without the first word and emphasising the new first word, eg:

Is Lemmy not a place for thoughts and observations, rather than just links, questions, and memes?

I'm not sure that's true as a starting point. So not point trying to answer "why" it might be the case.

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