The biggest drawback to this community is that, if I’m busy and don’t have time to play games, I don’t have any real reason to visit. I haven’t had time to play anything recently, but I’ll be back soon when I start playing again.
Hey, I haven't popped in for a while since everything had been going smoothly, but it's been irking me to see all the Fediverse infighting going on these last 2 weeks or so. Thankfully it seems to be cooling off a bit, but I thought I would check in here with the people trying to grow things.
I saw something pop up from whatever bot is occasionally putting out Fediverse stats, so I started looking myself up, naturally. 🤪
I still think of myself as a relatively quiet, and maybe not shy, but reserved person around people I don't know well, so I was pretty shocked to see I was in the top 20-something of posters. I had seen something like that maybe a year or so back and thought it was hard to believe then, and it still is. I also looked through the list of .World communities to see who else was still running a big (for Lemmy) community mostly by themselves, and as far as I could see, everyone with more MAU has multiple active posters at this point, which is great. It again hit me as a bit of a surprise that Superbowl has really become this popular, and also that I've kept this up for so long. It's good I don't think about how much time I put into this very often! 😄
I'm still really grateful that I'm still able to be doing this actively after nearly 3 years. I didn't ever consider I'd be an active contributor, and I didn't know I'd find so much personal passion in this subject or that you all would want to hear so much of it. I'm forever happy I found Lemmy when I did, and that I took the chance to put myself out there a bit and that you all took the time to be receptive to me. It's changed my personal life greatly, improved my confidence, and has gotten me to go down a road I never had imagined myself on. I want to keep helping the Fediverse grow, and I'm glad all of you are still here doing the same as well. This is a great community, and I'm happy to still be a part of it. So while some people are out trying to break some things, I just felt I needed to come and let you guys know I really appreciate you all keeping this thing going.
I tried to not make it sound like a humblebrag. It was just a surprise to me and it still surprises me how much what I share seems to mean to people. I do feel like a better person for being here though. Everyone has been so supportive and it's carried over to my real life and I'm glad I can return some of the happiness you all give to me by being such a kind audience.
I've peeked at your sumo link a few times, as I'm curious to watch some of it, and I had seen your link to the youtube channel to watch the matches, but I still don't have much context. I know some of the basic rules, but perhaps if you know of some good Sumo for Noobs guides, they might be good for the sidebar. There seems to be a lot of ceremony and symbolism, but I tend to forget the finer details, and if there was a "now this right here is some fine sumo!" list of things to watch for, I think that would help.
Thanks for the feedback! We don't have much of a side bar, instead I post that info 2-3 times during the tourney. At the bottom of that post is a link to an intro video:
Due to personal life stuff I was not very active on !animation@piefed.social for the last few months of 2025. Thankfully, due to a handful of users who I'm very grateful to, there was some semi-regular activity still that kept the community active and slowly growing.
Since February I've been slowing getting more and more active. We're at 1.8k subscribers after almost a year on piefed which is more than it had after about a year on lemm.ee. But I also don't think it's quite as active as it was it was back then which is partly my own fault.
Continuing on from my recent post here, I've arrived at a personal list of five key communities that I will be pledging my (posting) support to.
What I'm loosely working on now is to do a little writeup, inviting others to participate. One little 'carrot' I'm thinking of is that others might be able to suggest /c's that I personally add to my list, and maybe-possibly some folks might be interested in pledging support to various places on my list, too.
I'm not exactly sure how to best-phrase the post so as to get eyes on it, but we'll see how it goes...
!sumo@lemmy.world has come back to life, since the May tournament started a couple days ago! So far 2 other people have made posts and there are like 4 of us having daily discussions, which is a nice number.
Oh hey since Blaze knows all, do you know how to get in touch with cm0002? Because the bot on !trendingcommunities@lemmy.cafe seems to be dead and I've messaged them without success. thx.
18 Comments
Blaze@piefed.zip · 8 pts · 127d
Business as usual on
squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 6 pts · 127d
Activity went down a little in !dailygames@lemmy.zip, but according to these stats we have an upward trend since the end of April.
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 5 pts · 127d
The biggest drawback to this community is that, if I’m busy and don’t have time to play games, I don’t have any real reason to visit. I haven’t had time to play anything recently, but I’ll be back soon when I start playing again.
squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi · 4 pts · 127d
You could upvote others' great results. I'm always happy when someone solves a Wordle in 2 tries.
Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social · 4 pts · 127d
Yeah, I guess I could do that. Wordle and Connections are usually my favorite two.
anon6789@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 125d
Hey, I haven't popped in for a while since everything had been going smoothly, but it's been irking me to see all the Fediverse infighting going on these last 2 weeks or so. Thankfully it seems to be cooling off a bit, but I thought I would check in here with the people trying to grow things.
I saw something pop up from whatever bot is occasionally putting out Fediverse stats, so I started looking myself up, naturally. 🤪
I still think of myself as a relatively quiet, and maybe not shy, but reserved person around people I don't know well, so I was pretty shocked to see I was in the top 20-something of posters. I had seen something like that maybe a year or so back and thought it was hard to believe then, and it still is. I also looked through the list of .World communities to see who else was still running a big (for Lemmy) community mostly by themselves, and as far as I could see, everyone with more MAU has multiple active posters at this point, which is great. It again hit me as a bit of a surprise that Superbowl has really become this popular, and also that I've kept this up for so long. It's good I don't think about how much time I put into this very often! 😄
I'm still really grateful that I'm still able to be doing this actively after nearly 3 years. I didn't ever consider I'd be an active contributor, and I didn't know I'd find so much personal passion in this subject or that you all would want to hear so much of it. I'm forever happy I found Lemmy when I did, and that I took the chance to put myself out there a bit and that you all took the time to be receptive to me. It's changed my personal life greatly, improved my confidence, and has gotten me to go down a road I never had imagined myself on. I want to keep helping the Fediverse grow, and I'm glad all of you are still here doing the same as well. This is a great community, and I'm happy to still be a part of it. So while some people are out trying to break some things, I just felt I needed to come and let you guys know I really appreciate you all keeping this thing going.
Sergio@piefed.social · 5 pts · 125d
anon6789@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 125d
Hah, that might be a bit of an exaggeration! 😄
I tried to not make it sound like a humblebrag. It was just a surprise to me and it still surprises me how much what I share seems to mean to people. I do feel like a better person for being here though. Everyone has been so supportive and it's carried over to my real life and I'm glad I can return some of the happiness you all give to me by being such a kind audience.
I've peeked at your sumo link a few times, as I'm curious to watch some of it, and I had seen your link to the youtube channel to watch the matches, but I still don't have much context. I know some of the basic rules, but perhaps if you know of some good Sumo for Noobs guides, they might be good for the sidebar. There seems to be a lot of ceremony and symbolism, but I tend to forget the finer details, and if there was a "now this right here is some fine sumo!" list of things to watch for, I think that would help.
Sergio@piefed.social · 2 pts · 124d
Thanks for the feedback! We don't have much of a side bar, instead I post that info 2-3 times during the tourney. At the bottom of that post is a link to an intro video:
And from that post, here is the best English commentary on each day of the tourney:
anon6789@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 124d
Thanks, I will check that out!
darakan@piefed.social · 4 pts · 126d
Due to personal life stuff I was not very active on !animation@piefed.social for the last few months of 2025. Thankfully, due to a handful of users who I'm very grateful to, there was some semi-regular activity still that kept the community active and slowly growing.
Since February I've been slowing getting more and more active. We're at 1.8k subscribers after almost a year on piefed which is more than it had after about a year on lemm.ee. But I also don't think it's quite as active as it was it was back then which is partly my own fault.
Blaze@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 126d
It's okay, take time for you too. It can be quite tiring the keep a community active by yourself.
JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social · 3 pts · 126d
Continuing on from my recent post here, I've arrived at a personal list of five key communities that I will be pledging my (posting) support to.
What I'm loosely working on now is to do a little writeup, inviting others to participate. One little 'carrot' I'm thinking of is that others might be able to suggest /c's that I personally add to my list, and maybe-possibly some folks might be interested in pledging support to various places on my list, too.
I'm not exactly sure how to best-phrase the post so as to get eyes on it, but we'll see how it goes...
Sergio@piefed.social · 3 pts · 126d
!sumo@lemmy.world has come back to life, since the May tournament started a couple days ago! So far 2 other people have made posts and there are like 4 of us having daily discussions, which is a nice number.
Blaze@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 126d
Nice!
Sergio@piefed.social · 3 pts · 126d
Oh hey since Blaze knows all, do you know how to get in touch with cm0002? Because the bot on !trendingcommunities@lemmy.cafe seems to be dead and I've messaged them without success. thx.
Blaze@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 126d
There's !fediverse@quokk.au that now has similar posts, managed by @quokka@quokk.au
Sergio@piefed.social · 3 pts · 126d
oh, thx for the info!