Not a shower thought
I count that as gatekeeping. It’s the reason my contribution to that community has degreased over 90%. If it was just “men’s club” then I’d have a ton of stuff to post there but nowdays I just consider it all too interesting to post there but not interesting enough to post anywhere else so I just don’t post it anywhere then.
Start your own community. I’d follow mildly interesting men’s club.
Yes
They’re admitting how dull they are.
This guy’s a total shower.
We’re jealous.
If someone replies with just the words “that’s not dull”, I interpret it as more of a gatekeep-y response. The ones I naturally read as compliments usually have a little more flair, e.g. “Way too interesting to post here” “this is more of a c/extraordinarygentlemensclub post”
Checked to see if that was a real comm, i’m dissapointed.
Be the change you want to see in the world
I’ve only seen it in a you’re selling yourself short fashion.
As long as it’s something you did, people seem quite relaxed about what gets posted.
I’ve only seen it in a you’re selling yourself short fashion.
Yeah, that’s usually how I see it, or maybe just how I’ve always interpreted it.
well I should start by saying this is not really a shower thought and would make more sense in ask lemmy but for myself its kinda a compliment.
Wait. Are you complimenting or gatekeeping?
a bit of joking because of his topic and a bit of gatekeeping because it is the wrong community for a question but he is saying its rhetorical.
A question can be a shower thought, especially if it’s a rhetorical question.
Not to mention, the Philosophical Raptor meme format is pretty much just interrogative shower thoughts
Mostly a compliment. You can get a gut feeling from comments that just say: “Not dull.” or similar.
Depends if it’s truly dull or not
Matters of taxonomy.
it’s like the unpopular opinion sub, technically you have to upvote stuff you don’t like
as a compliment?
Most likely they are pointing out that you lack a certain subtlety of understanding and have made a mistake.
