• .Donuts@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I have no skin in this game, but I have noticed you populate your own threads with comments that might as well fit in the body of your post.

    Related? I don’t know, but this felt like a good time to tell you.

    • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOP
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      5 hours ago

      Sure, but that’s definitely not the case here, as pings only worked in comments and not the body posts.

      I do it from time to time to fight the “empty dancefloor” effect that sometimes prevent people from commenting. I’ve done some testing in the past, and having at least one comment usually helps to get others, compared to having none.

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        5 hours ago

        I do it from time to time to fight the “empty dancefloor” effect that sometimes prevent people from commenting. I’ve done some testing in the past, and having at least one comment usually helps to get others, compared to having none.

        You aren’t the only one doing this and it’s pretty harmless. Don’t sweat it imo.

        I’m biased though because I agree with you that it does seem to lead to better post engagement than just adding info to the body of the post.

        • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.orgOP
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          5 hours ago

          Thanks. Another aspect is that sometimes you want people to be able to upvote your opinion independently from the post, so it makes sense to have a separated comment