I see more and more posts that are just a link to a video, post, or article. There’s no text in the description.
I’d like to see some of the article quoted and/or a brief reason this is currently being posted to Lemmy.
When it’s just a link, the cynical part of me thinks it’s just an SEO bot—especially if the account never posts any comments.
What are some ways to encourage posts that are more engaging?
Or should I just ignore, downvote, and/or block those doing this kind of posting?
I think the place for comments is in the comment section. If you post an interesting article but include your own commentary which is stupid or absurd, I don’t know whether to upvote or downvote.
My opinion: Post the link, don’t editorialize the title, put an excerpt from the article if you want, but don’t put your comments in the post itself.
Thats how it should be done
This is how I attempt to do it. I don’t always succeed as I get excited sometimes.
Be the change you want to see
Require a description.
I block that kind of posting, a lot of them are bots.
clients like jerboa can block self-announced bots, which takes care of a lot of them, and if you see the same username posting six posts of questionable quality without any context, you can block them too.
How often do you want me to type “I thought this was interesting.”
Or “I thought you guys might find this interesting”
Probably mostly a carryover from Reddit where it’s an either one or the other kind of deal.
I agree to this. But on the off-chance i want to add more sometimes I’ll add a comment in the post. Feels like home, y’know?
