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What do you consider a "power user" in the context of online communities? (self.technology)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Powderhorn to c/technology

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Pretty much every news story about the Reddit situation that also touches on migration to other services throws out "power user" as distinct from "mods" as though it's an established term with a clear definition.

As far as I'm concerned, it's not. And a search on the term shows wildly different definitions, from X amount of karma, to users whose posts are upvoted simply by virtue of their user name, to people who actually post instead of lurking or commenting.

If after a decade on Reddit I don't understand the term, I can't imagine what it means to the layperson and thus fail to see the utility of the term in news stories. I can't fix journalists using the term, but it would be nice to at least learn what others understand it to mean.

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[–] Cyder@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use Brave. My most used extensions are:

Awesome Screenshot - takes partial and full browser window screenshots. It can also record screens. It looks like they've added "ChatGPT" into the name for some reason.
Bitwarden - password manager
VisBug - allows you to view webpage styles and tinker with the layout of live webpages.
Homey - a replacement for the default New Tab, which includes beautiful live wall papers and convenient access to bookmarks and other widgets.

[–] alyaza 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

FYI i think lemmy did the "switch a post out from under you" bug

[–] lolcatnip@lemmyrs.org 4 points 1 year ago

I had the same thing happen to me this morning also. Very confusing as a new user.

[–] Cyder@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

LOL it looks like you're right. Oh well. Maybe a poweruser could use some of these extensions :D

[–] Gatsby@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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