Writing In-Depth World-Building

[MFontana]

Out of curiosity, how do some of you (my fellow authors) prefer to go about introducing your world-building and world lore into the stories?
I personally tend to utilize a number of different techniques and approaches to slowly hint at a greater depth to the world than what is there on the pages, but one of my personal favorites is to utilize the Mentor/Mentee, and other inter-character dynamics to introduce elements of the world-building through the character interactions.

This primarily applies to those who write in the Fantasy genres, and Isekai genres, but could really apply to any genre with some effort on the author's part.

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For Readers; How do you prefer to be introduced to world and setting lore, or history, or the setting of a story you're reading?
Slow? Fast?
Infodumps? No Info-Dumps?
Anything else?

 

[DismaiNaim]

As a writer, I have the world in my source notes, and the characters interact with it. Whatever the reader picks up, they pick up.

 

[CinnaSloth]

The world is another character.
Introduce, but let the reader learn as things come into open. No info dumps, just a few lines sprinkled in here and there; Some mysterious, some direct.
When things get hectic, readers already know what's going on- And if they don't, you reel them in with something else.
Never tie things off unless there's something else already waiting there to lure them in. Bringing in a random issue from the world when everything's been wrapped up is awkward. Let things flow. Allow the world swim around the active characters.

I have entire files worth of government, conspiracies, holidays, events, and geographic locations, etc etc etc but there's no point in throwing it all on the table. that's boring and jarring. Allowing readers to experience these places the moment characters do is the only way to let it be real.