• NocturnalMorning
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    I comment on stuff to try to make discussions active, it rarely works.

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      • blindbunny@lemmy.ml
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        That’s just not true. I’ve made comments that I thought desirve no reply but humans find a way. If there’s no comments to read the shared content just isn’t that interesting. If I see comments then the shared content must be interesting enough to justify a discussion.

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            Of course it helps. But some of my shitty comments are scaping the bottom of the barrel of my knowledge or patience with the replier…

      • harry_balzac
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        I comment because I crave validation from Internet strangers.

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        I disagree. It doesn’t have to be authentic necessarily. All you have to do to promote conversations is to disagree with someone. At least, that’s how things seem to go here

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      This is something I’ve learned from online game forums. You actually have to be divisive to get a high amount of concurrent users.

      It only seems to be the shit-shows that anyone feels obligated to post in.

      • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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        Well I think you’re wrong, fuck you and your opinion /s

        I actually don’t know to what extent I agree with you, but your theory certainly feels plausible to me. It reminds me of the internet adage about how the best way to get a right answer to your question is to be wrong. I can’t remember what it’s called.

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            Aye, cunningham seemingly meant it as the fastest answer though, which was the sentence right afterwards in that wiki entry. So maybe mr. anarchist-with-a-machine-fetish would have gotten an answer earlier if he had said it was the anti-murphy’s law.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      I’ve been pretty successful and keeping conversations going! I DO comment quite a bit, though.