A. still "here" and active
B. here but given up due to lack of momentum, interest
C. abandoned platform completely
D. just waiting for the 1 year mark and praying new users and posters will continue to come
E. other? (like only relying at alternative matrix chat)

I'll be happy to see more than 10 responses from this dead community 😉

[Update 11/18]: glad to see comments, feedback, much more than I expected. Also see the modlog for actions taken. Just wanted to point out a couple of threads:

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/2601241, by @OptimusPrime@lemmynsfw.com
https://lemmynsfw.com/post/418317 - this topic has been hashed over and over, and I'm not about to let this thread/community get derailed.

[Update Nov 20] : WRT downvoting - see https://lemmynsfw.com/post/4581685

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[–] Neekaneeka@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Here, on B. Tried getting anyone in any of the communities to engage at all. Averaging one response per week or so, which is quite disheartening, and makes it quite tedious to post daily...

Got an actual thoughtful reply on a thread about a week ago, so I'll see if I can keep it going a bit longer for them

[–] Ahornygirl@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bummer, I always enjoy your posts, but understand what it must be like to post without any engagement. I'm one of the guilty ones who doesn't often say anything, just press the little Up arrow.

[–] Neekaneeka@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for replying here.

You have commented though! I both remember and appreciate your replies.

You seem to mostly enjoy giving reactions, is there anything I can do to help that?

Maybe put a little more description or prompt to paint a fantasy?

[–] Ahornygirl@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A little more fantasy would always be appreciated! 😉

[–] Neekaneeka@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

I'll see what we can do. It's not the way I consume the content, but I can always try new things.

Maybe we could have a fantasy nanowriting thing? Something like max 50 words, prompted by the post?

[–] Biapathy@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, I almost always appreciate your posts! We have a lot of kink overlap and, funny enough, I don't normally run into interesting ties in my day to day life 😆

[–] Neekaneeka@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you!

And I've appreciated your comments whenever they are given!

I would like to invite some kind of sharing, discussion, or other interaction in the communities. Anything like a human connection, and preferably a good enough one to have people coming back for it.

Do you have any ideas? What keeps you engaging?

[–] Biapathy@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At things stage I largely comment on OC. Mostly just to encourage it to keep being posted because it's pretty sparse at this point on this platform and gets drowned out by pic collectors. Commenting is the best way to keep visibility high, as I'm sure you're aware.

Commenting on OC is easy because you can default to observation and flattery. Commenting on non-OC content is more difficult so you'll always be at a disadvantage. I need to either have a photo deeply resonate with me or maybe a question on my end or very specific comment on an element that I appreciate.

For me, I have a long-term partner who is not very into exploring boundaries and likes to keep things simple. Because of this I really only have experience with simple restraints. If you post an artistic picture of a complex restraint, a lot of that subtlety will probably be lost on me even if I still can appreciate that it's a cool thing I like that I cannot or will not ever do. It's difficult to leave a comment about something that you don't fully understand though and if my best reaction is "Cool!" I'm likely to just upvote and not say anything because I don't feel I have anything of value to contribute.

If your goal is to interact with other people with a similar interest, my suggestion would be to leave a bit of information as to what attracted you to that specific image in the description. This gives someone an opportunity to connect and a bit of information to latch onto and comment on. Sellers use engagement-baits for a reason - they work. The community is small right now so I don't know how many fish will bite, but it might increase your odds.

[–] Neekaneeka@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you, and I appreciate the effort and care put into your reply.

I'll take this on board and see what I can come up with. The idea isn't so much to get engagement on any individual post, but to get some sort of community interaction, to which I suspect the daily image posts are probably largely unhelpful.

Because as you describe, it's a high barrier to interact beyond a reaction, and even harder to interact with the community rather than the post/graphic.

But your perspectives do remind me that we could have this discussion in each respective comm, and maybe the crowd will have wisdom on how to proceed. Thank you!

[–] OneStepAhead@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You’re the #1 top poster on here IMO.

[–] Neekaneeka@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 years ago

Awh, you're gonna make me blush.