Its rhe only thing I wish could change about my experience using Lemmy, for more active users in the communities like NFL or NHL and the affiliated team pages of those sports. I haven’t had any social media in decades, my main source for sporting news breaks up until 1-2 years ago was Reddit.
I love the small community that makes up Lemmy. As someone just posted, it feels like a small town community. I like the absence of corporate shills and ads and bots.
Back when I switched from Reddit to Lemmmy, I made an effort to upvote and comment on the NFL and Buffalo Bills communities. I eventually gave up because it was like months of posting, voting and commenting but when I would go back to check the communities, everything would still be sitting at like 2 up votes and 0 comment replies or if it was my own post, 1 upvote and 0 comments. For a majority of cases. Every once in a blue moon I would come accross a post where another user voted or commented but it was never more than me and one other user.
I know there is a certain demographic that uses Lemmy that is mostly driven by the required IT prowess needed to set up, use and even understand the federated concept. I also recognize that this demographic is traditionally disinterested in sports. Im not complaining about this or the users who are on Lemmy. Im also not wishing for any changes be made to aggressively expand Lemmy’s user base. Its just an impractical wish I have so I could get my sports news from the same source I get all my other news.
I will prolly spend more time this coming year settling on a 2ndary source for sports news from sources similar to sleeper app but it would be so nice if the Lemmy sporting communities blew up so I could keep everything aggregated to one source.
Do you really believe watching sports is some achievement? If so than good work kid keep it up.
The fact that you think they are different is straight up pathetic.
They are both pointless games to.pass the time as a form of escapism, they are both regarded as significant while they exists only as opium for the masses.
What I rather? That these people will spend their time doing something productive for themselves and for what’s around them instead of wasting it infr9nt of screens with a ball bouncing, telling strangers online how important their silly games are and how smart they are for watching them.
Lol sure thing tech bro.
People have a right to leisure activities. You belittling them just makes you look petty.
Although larger font will make you correct still no one has a right if that leisure is harmful to others.
Even the way you talk screams ‘generic sports fanatic’
HA. So something that harms no one but the players, who voluntarily play said games, is bad.
Dude, I played 2 sports in college, and got the privilege to tryout professionally for sports. Nothing about me is generic. What I can see from this conversation is you have some deep seated psychological hatred towards sports, and people who enjoy them.
I’d recommend you talk to a professional so this doesn’t keep eating at you.