I would love some way to focus more on the effort posts. both to be able to see them more myself and get them more visibility. Especially over time. Even if something get lots of upvotes it'll only be on the front page for a day or less. Or worse: lost in hundreds of comments in the megas. But saying this I know it would require some sort of consistent curatorial-type labor. So idk.

I find compared to reddit, Lemmy in general is not as encouraging for effort posts because they get lost. Is there even a good way to search relevant comms? The whole reason I started using reddit was that you could find so much good information. Also the "flare" for posts was really helpful in reddit.

I don't know if that would be relevant to general recruitment because the bottle neck is likely earlier than this. But if you want to encourage nerdy behavior and nerd retention than it is an issue.

it seems as though this site is a barely tenable balance between shitposting and nerdism. Both required and both facilitate each other but always a pervasive tension .