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:
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.
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.
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:
Thanks, I will check that out!