Why YSK: We have a significant number of users now, and yet the amount of content to scroll through is still fairly small. This is because not all users are the same, and while the majority prefer to lurk, and a much smaller minority prefer to comment, the percentage that really likes making posts, memes, art, rants, videos etc is extremely small.
One way that we can all assist with this is to simply make content ourselves. But even if you don’t want to do that, you can still help by finding productive creators elsewhere on the internet and telling them about us.
Many reddit users are still simply unaware that we exist. They don’t know that there is a community of consumers here, waiting for content. They don’t know that if you can navigate reddit, then you can navigate this. Lemmy is just not as complicated as it can sound at first.
So, if you want, simply invite them. Give them a link to a community down here that would fit the content they like to produce, and let them know we’d love to have them. Because we really would love to have them. Let them know that you, as a fan, would love to see them here. After all, wouldn’t you?
Thanks for reading.
I would like to make a distinction between a “content creator” in the literal sense — just a person who creates content — and a “content creator” as the phrase is commonly used today — a person who makes a living by selling content or by giving away content to market something else.
I, for one, would be very interested in seeing more people on the fediverse creating content, but I’m not super interested in the fediverse becoming a marketing channel for professional content creators.
Of course, it’s an open platform, so pro content creators are more than welcome to join. I’m just not super excited about approaching them and saying, “please come hock your wares to us on the fediverse!”
I feel weird about pushing my content for profit. Granted my “content” is just writing, and I just post it, no strings attached, but it’s not the sort of stuff that is easily “digestible” by most people ime. But it’s all I can really do to support the platform and try to give something somewhat useful to people. I don’t know how else to contribute but by doing the thing I like to do. I suck at memes.
I agree, this is a useful distinction. Though it should be up to individual groups of moderators on how much promotion they are willing to tolerate.
Obviously a forum dedicated to OnlyFans girls would be all professionals, and doesn’t really count imo.
I was thinking more in the first sense, of just “people that make content”. Though it does happen that these people evolve into semi-professionals as their skills and reach improves, and where to draw that line is tricky. Patreon supported creators, for instance? Professionals certainly, but they’re producing their stuff anyway. They may as well share it here too, once it is finished.
That’s different from someone hosing the place down with cheap AI art or something, hoping they drum up commissions.
All great points, and you’re definitely right that it’s not black and white.