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Although Lemmy's userbase is quite large,it still is small enough that I do often see the same people in comment sections. It feels though, that I should recognise more names, because I can only remember around 5 individual ones.

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Lemmy's still small enough that if you're even remotely active, you start to recognize just about everybody. I like that, and I kinda miss that about the smaller communities/forums of the old internet.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (4 children)

jots down your username

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Definately gonna follow this guy around Lemmy and make completely innocent remarks, that are in no way insulting or aggressive.

But with Lemmy being so small, and me having said that, he's now going to wonder if I actually AM following him around Lemmy. Or is it really the coincidence of Lemmy being so small.

However I post so often everywhere that it's bound to happen. And he's going to be like "OH MY GOD DUDE!!! IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS!!! STOOOOOP!!!!"

And 5 minutes after posting this I will immediately forget he exists. Thus making him look like a crazy person from my perspective.

See? This is how you troll yourself. Start by having insane thoughts, follow up by acting on them, then forget the whole thing, and be confused by the consequences of your own actions!

And thus, I learn absplutely nothing!

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Shocked nobody seems to have brought up ThePicardManuever yet

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago

Him and Stamets are easily the ones who kept me here a year ago

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 6 months ago (8 children)

I think most of Lemmy knows me by now, and FlyingSquid.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (7 children)

And Stamets. Though, thinking about it I've not seen them about much recently.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

you and @FlyingSquid yeah. I did calculate one day how much flying squod posts and comments and damn he's active

edit: I guess you can link people like that. TIL

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago (7 children)

While some have already been mentioned, I’d also like to call out that we do have the esteemed Academy Award winning actress, Margot Robbie in Lemmy! She posts when she can, and I’m really hoping one day she’ll do an Ask Me Anything with us.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I don't but I will add you to my watching list.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago

Username checks out.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

flying squid, return2ozma, jeffw, and that raging moron Stern is about it for me.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (11 children)

I think Kolanaki, Zacharia, Margot Robbie (since she's famous already), are the ones I can remember. Maybe making a journal page for keeping track would help.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

don't forget Satansmagottycumfart

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (9 children)

FlyingSquid is the only one I recognize and I feel like he's lemmys GallowBoob from reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Has anyone seen academy award nominated actress Margot Robbie lately?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe she's busy working and can't spend as much time messing with tech friends on social media or something.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yes. Aside from the friends I've made on here, which I rather not disclose, I regularly notice the following usernames:

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 months ago (6 children)

FlyingSquid, BonesoftheMoon, jeffw, and thePicardManeuver are the ones I recognize because I see them so often.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The "Satan's maggoty cum fart" person, hard to forget a name like that and the images it puts in your head

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Yes.

I see and reply to u/FlyingSquid a lot.

I also see u/The_Picard_Manoeuvre or some variation. I only remember those two as I saw them a lot when I came here and still do.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (3 children)

@[email protected] has a distinctive profile picture, and I see them everywhere. Also I suspect I know @[email protected] IRL, but I'm not certain.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (9 children)

I know it's bad to put your own picture in your profile, but I had to show you all how majestically I soar.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

Also I suspect I know @[email protected] IRL, but I’m not certain.

I guess that's a consequence of telling the same anecdotes on lemmy and to everyone I see.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Flying squid spends their entire life here as far as I can tell. And just about every major news sub is owned by Jeffw. This place has like 400 active users tops.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sure. Like @[email protected] or @[email protected] or @[email protected] or @[email protected] or @[email protected] ... and there definitely are more people that I see regularly and simply cant think of their names right now

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Plenty. In fact it's something I enjoy from here, reminds me of the old internet. It also feels less full of randos than Reddit, although in smaller communities that wasn't a problem.

Honestly the profile pic helps a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The Picard Maneuver, flying squid, Riker...

Basically anyone who posts to Chevron7 or Ten Forward who has a profile picture... I recognize the pictures more than the names for most.

Personally, I don't want people to remember me, I just want someone to go "hey, I know what your profile is in reference to! Nerd-five!" and be on about our business.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

K O L A N A K

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Seeing names pop up here that I know are just trolls. It's actually kinda a bummer. Like the Santa maggot guy. Quite certain they are not here to be helpful, so why glorify them? That said, we know Picard is legit so three cheers to them.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (12 children)

After being outted on Reddit years ago, I made a rule to myself. If I ever become known on a platform (or on Reddit, reach 100000 upvotes), I'd delete my account and start over.

Frankly, some of the shit I've said could get me in trouble at work or my real life. So the anonymity is a boon.

If I was counting reddit, this would be my 13th account.

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[–] GregorGizeh 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Definitely. There is about a handful of terminally online users who are posting here way too much for way too long, they should probably take a step back and touch some grass, which i mean in the most respectful and understanding way imaginable.

On the other hand, those people are main content providers and their unhealthy behavior is our gain.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

So, how many people scrolled through this thread looking to see if they were mentioned? 😛

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

FlyingSquid, The Picard Maneuver, Ummthatguy, SatansMaggotyCumFart, SPECULATOR, KonalaKoala, SHEEPLE, ParabolicMotion (infamous), El_Burrito, FartsWithAnAccent...

There's more that I recognize but mostly by their avatars and not their names.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (8 children)

There's a handful, yeah. Some folks are prolific posters. Others just have altered text I'm their name, which makes it stand out enough to recall easily.

But generally, it takes extended interactions to remember a user name for long.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Off the top of my head, a lot. @FlyingSquid, @The_Picard_Maneuver, @AngryCommieKender, @captainlezbian, @DragonTypeWyvern, @Cryophilia, @masquenox, @jimmydoreisalefty, @SatansMaggotyCumFart, @BonesOfTheMoon, @1984, @Cryophilia, @Nurse_Robot. Some of them just have very memorable or kick-ass names (Nurse Robot? Why didn't I think of that???), and some of them are unavoidable on the site.

I also usually remember the active conservative and "centrist" specimens on this site, like intensely_human, IsThisAnAI, TubularTittyFrog, SpaceCowboy, Melvin_Ferd. I tend to strongly disagree with them a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Thepickardmaneuver or whatever and Luxefre or something are the only two I can think of. Another one posts a lot and the other made a good argument at some point.

There's a ton more that I recognize when I see their name but can't think of of the top of my head.

There are also few I've blocked that I don't give the pleasure of mentioning their names.

Edit: oh and kolanki(?)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

@[email protected] is cool AF and fun to make silly comedy bits with in the comment sections.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

That one blue furry seems like a nice person

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Only the one with the emojis in the name (something with a "K")

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (7 children)

I'm always seeing posts and comments from that one guy everybody secretly doesn't like. Man, I hate that guy.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

I see a few of the same people in many threads. There are definitely some “power users” here.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago
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