Yes, it kind of is hypocritical to ask this on a social media platform, but what do you guys get out of it?
For social recognition. I would not post something on the internet if I didn’t expect someone else to see it.
Ego (in the broad, classic sense of our need to have self identity) and–increasingly–loneliness due to the husk of societal interactions many developed nations have let wither due to overwork, TV and privatization of public spaces.
I find like-minded people who don’t exist locally.
When I share, I’m trying to pay it back. Some of you jabronies shared some cool things with me that I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. So the least I can do is try and do the same.
And if everyone did this, Lemmy would be flush with content.
It’s not so much hypocritical of you to ask this question as it is you lack introspection.
People share things on social media to have interaction with other people, just like you did.
I never really used social media, since I was deterred by the contagious cancer that Instagram/TikTok/etc. because of their algos, corporations and bots are. Thanks to Lemmy being different, I thought it would be time to start understanding this.
“Why do people talk to other people”
I’m a performing artist. The stuff I share promotes causes I enjoy, keeps me relevant in an ever expanding scene, and helps get the word out for local shows and events.
Also a lot of shitposting. Mostly shitposting.
The first word in social media is “social”. People typically post on social media because they want to socialize in one way or another.
Exactly. It’s the same as the answer to the question, “Why do you talk to people?”
idk I’m mostly here for the memes
“Look at this cool thing I found!” It can just be nice to share stuff with other people. There doesn’t need to be a deeper reason, it’s a function of humans being social animals.
This includes motivations such as wanting to discuss the thing with other people, to compare your own view with theirs, or simply to satisfy the need to yell at someone.
Edit: typo
Because social media will usually allow us to contact other people with similar niche interests, people that we’d be hard pressed to find IRL
Its safer to say “FUCK [Insert Name of Politician]” online than irl…
well don’t post it on an account with your name attached, but you know what I mean…
Dopamine. Affirmation. Attention.
Although I don’t share that much on social media anymore.
Mostly, to bring my friends joy.
Sometimes, to see if anyone is willing to discuss the thing I’m sharing with me.
I’ve been shitposting and talking to other anonymous people online since 1999.
UBB anime boards
Somethingawful
4chan
Reddit
and now, I dance the babushka, for you!
And now, I find myself home to Lemmy. Just one of the thousands of Anons posting opinion, then meme, then opinion, then shitpost in the background static of the greater internet hive mind.
Arguments, rebukes, comments, discussions… discourse. It’s all necessary to me. I have to get in the fray. I have to cause the fray, in some instances. Discussion is life, passion in many instances. People care about what they care about and I both want to know why and tell why.
