One comment does not a whole commenter make! I’ve had a few cases where someone acts poorly on one post, but is usually a conscientious and interesting commenter. Personally, I want to see more conversation, so I’m hesitant to ban people, but if your math is different, that’s fine!
I think you’re on to something.
I also think there’s a difference in where the network effect kicks in for different types of social media. IMHO, Lemmy has just enough activity to not feel empty, and even then I wish there was more comments to interact with and more niche communities. With Pixelfed, I feel like as long as there’s enough interesting posts it makes sense for people to visit regularly.
I think OP is just pointing out that bike lanes aren’t the source of all traffic, as the recently passed Bill 212 tries to say. Even without any bike infrastructure, the Gardner is jam packed, and it’s not even rush hour.
Traffic is worsened by people driving cars badly, but traffic is caused simply by people driving cars. Cars are highly space inefficient, especially when on average they’re moving ~1.4 people.
Yeah, I feel like someone should make bumper stickers that say something like, “If it was safe, I’d be on my bike instead, and out of your way.”
It appears to be still working on old.reddit. I no longer have an account there, but occasionally check on communities I miss here and RES still seems to be chugging away.