I noticed that a lot of the posts on Lemmy are news, memes, and interesting discussions. I like the regular flow of content we have, and I find a lot of it engaging.

However, maybe it’s just me, but I haven’t seen a lot of people sharing projects that they personally worked on, be it art, games, programs, music, etc. I’ve been working on a programming project for a year now, and I’ve thought about sharing it on Lemmy to see what people think of it, but the lack of projects from other people deters me. My imposter syndrome also kicks into high gear and tells me that my creations just aren’t good enough to be on Lemmy, and I shouldn’t taint people’s feeds with my mediocre endeavors; after all, I and plenty of other people are enjoying the content here as-is.

So, I’m interested to hear about others’ perspectives: Would you like to see more user-created projects and art, or would you prefer to primarily see more news and focused discussions instead?

  • @[email protected]
    11•7 months ago

    Honestly, I’m a bit bored by all the news articles. I’d love to hear about other people’s personal projects, lifestyle, qualitative information, stories and perspectives.

    I’m subscribed to several communities about my hobbies. Microcontrollers, Linux, Programming and other non-computer stuff. But you’re right. We’re mainly posting the news here. And sometimes it feels more like a regular’s table discussing politics than anything of substance that would touch me.

    If it were to me, I think I’d rather read about what keeps you up at night or makes you happy, than discussing the n-th news article about world politics and which country is right and who is wrong. Same for tech-news. We can have both (and I think we should). But I think we could balance it a bit with more intimate and personal perspectives. Even if it’s not professionally written or a completed project.

    Edit: I forgot memes