The threadiverse is small (compared to other major platforms) and I often see usernames that I recognize. How well do we notice each other around here?

I’ll start… my name’s “MrShankles” and I do be commenting/posting from time to time

  • Nora (She/Her)@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    I recognize a decent number of people, lots of famous frequent posters have already been mentioned but I also tend to remember trolls and people with bad takes.

  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    7 days ago

    I only tend to recognize the users I have assigned custom tags to. Usually to mark them as trolls or suspected bots, but sometimes just because they told a funny story or are enthusiastic about something specific.

    • jela@lemmy.today
      2·
      7 days ago

      TIL you can assign custom tags to people… can users see what they’ve been tagged as?

  • triple_entendre@infosec.pub
    6·
    7 days ago

    There’s a few big names, I usually find it interesting seeing which instances people are on and whether they carry some kind of theme. The people in the Star Trek instance, forget the name, usually have pretty good memes for example

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
    5·
    7 days ago

    Never had anyone recognize me (I post and comment sparsely and in short bursts) but I recognize a lot of other names. Most of which I’m sure the average Lemmy user recognizes.

  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    The big ones I recognize:

    • SatansMaggottyCumFart
    • Stamets
    • The Picard Manuever
    • poVoq
    • PugJesus
    • fossilesque
    • Cowbee
    • ComradeSharkFucker
    • ThefuzzFurryComrade
    • lumpenproletariat
    • GodlessCommie
    • Bad
    • UniversalMonk

    There’s a few more that I can’t think of off the top of my head. It’s nice that the community is small enough to recognize people so often.

  • cepelinas@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    6 days ago

    I mainly recognize PugJesus, SatansMagottyCumFart and like the other two or three lithuanians on here.

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    4·
    7 days ago

    I don’t really pay attention. I come here to quip. It’s like a mental purge for me.

  • qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    I feel like I often recognize others, but I obviously can’t tell who I don’t recognize 🤷

  • Alloi@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    I specifically use this platform to fly under the radar, if anyone remembers me. I apologize. Im usually on the toilet waxing bullshit till my leg goes numb.

  • Fondots@lemmy.world
    49·
    8 days ago

    I generally don’t recognize usernames and don’t look at them too much

    There’s the guy who uses thorns (who I have tagged as Nigel þornberry)

    There’s maybe a half-dozen frequent posters who I’m genuinely not sure if they’re masterful trolls, some kind of AI training bots, or just really need to go touch grass (preferably on their way to a therapist’s office.)

    There’s one dude whose username just happened to stick out to me after having a random conversation or two with him and seeing him being a generally pretty decent dude around Lemmy, I tagged him “this guy seems cool” at some point, and at some point it occurred to me that he might appreciate knowing that, so I shot him a message, and sure enough he did. I now consider him to be a pretty good friend, which is a new experience for me, I’ve never really been one to have online friends, I (somehow) do pretty well at making friends in meatspace and have never really felt a need to seek out an online friendship.

    There’s a handful of people who have said some incredibly dumb shit that I’ve tagged (for example one dude who I tagged “Tankie, down vote and ignore” although the last few times I’ve seen him pop up it seems like he may have mellowed out a bit, so good for him)

    • toynbee@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      I’ve the thorn guy tagged as “uses thorns” and am now shamed about my lack of creativity.

      I had someone else tagged as “second guy to use thorns” but they’re a lot less consistent about it.

    • aivoton@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      7 days ago

      Ah Nigel þornberry. I appreciate the dedication to thorns, but ended up writing a script which replaces thorns in their texts because they stand out too much.

      • Fondots@lemmy.world
        171·
        8 days ago

        þat is indeed þe guy

        I also love how bent-out-of-shape people get over the thorns.

        I haven’t stalked his profile, but I feel like every time I’ve seen him come up he’s also seemed like a pretty cool and reasonable dude (I suppose it’s possible he’s off being a dick in the parts of Lemmy I don’t frequent, but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt)

        • glimse@lemmy.world
          1·
          7 days ago

          It’s harmless but it’s deliberately antisocial which rubs people the wrong way. They’re going out of their way to make their comments harder to reader.

          I’ve never had a bad interaction with them but I do think it’s kind of obnoxious attention-seeking behavior

        • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
          22·
          8 days ago

          I have snarked him about it, myself. I have no objection to overtly affected personal expression (no hypocrite I). It’s just that reading a thorn unexpectedly feels like stubbing my toe, but in my brain.