Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn’t the thing that makes a social media site, it’s the engagement
So even if you’re used to lurking, try to get a little more active! Post memes, vote on posts, talk in the comments, whatever!
If people come here and see activity, content, and discussions, they’re more likely to stay and contribute their own - if they come and see a ghost town, they’ll just go back to reddit
Big time introverted lurker on reddit, since here is a much smaller community, I don’t feel so intimidated. I’ll try to be more active here. Let’s do this guys, let’s create a great place for all the Reddit Refugees. FUCK u/Spez!
FUCK u/Spez!
Hey now, /u/spez is a hero - without him, Lemmy would never have taken off like it has lol
This is me not lurking
Watch me engage with someone
Watch me watch you engage with someone
This is all terribly engaging!
This is your friendly neighborhood deviant trying not to lurk
Cool, I didn’t know we could embed images in posts and they’d show up inline. I wonder how long that will last, haha.
I think I’ve been more active on Lemmy in the past five days than I had been on reddit for the past 2 years.
Decentralization of social media is extremely enticing to me, and I really want this community to flourish, so I’ve been trying to make this into an active space.
Honestly, I feel more comfortable participating on Lemmy than I ever did on Reddit or Twitter.
I try but I rarely post. I did seem to kinda revive the [email protected] community so that’s dope. I hope people keep posting there.
Feel free to promote it on [email protected] and [email protected]
Already did hehehe
Already did haha
I won’t lie, if you look at my Reddit profile you’ll see that I’ve commented more here in the last couple of days than probably the last 3 years on Reddit. The community just feels more welcome and I feel as if my comment will get read instead of being drowned out as it happens on Reddit.
Yep, this is how i felt as well!
@nathanpc @bitsplease test
Same. Always kinda talked myself out of commenting on reddit because my comments would never be engaged with. Felt like I missed the boat there. Time to start over and build a new community.
Usually with Reddit you gotta be there early in a post to get interacted with. If it’s 5-6 hours since the post was made you’re only likely to get a few scattered upvotes.
It felt a bit off at first to not have the top comments all be the ones with the most votes, but I like how it works on lemmy after spending time here.
You can join an old thread and not feel like it’s pointless to add to the discussion!
Either it doesn’t get engaged with, or the people who engage with it have the reading comprehension of a carrot.
I noticed you didn’t explicitly say in your post that you don’t kick puppies, so let me assume that you believe that is acceptable and then vividly describe what a horrible person you are. Also,
Time to start over
…now that I’ve pulled a tiny portion of comment out of context to make it easier to attack, how dare you.
hol’ up, comparing their reading comprehension to that of a carrot is an unfair insult to the average carrot.
and how exactly is the comparison? is it one carrot per person, or can a single carrot out-comprehend the whole lot?
Yes, communities where people discuss in good faith are so much more pleasant.
Yep, felt the same way on reddit. Sometimes, I started writing a comment but then halfway through I thought to myself “can I really muster the energy to engage with people who just skim through it or aggressively pick it apart and write an essay on how right they are with sources either taken out of their ass or taken out of context just to suit their viewpoints?”. So I just ended up deleting it and go back to lurking.
My comment would either get overlooked or it was literally walking on eggshells. Make an innocuous remark that somehow gets taken out of context and say hello to the downvotes.
Made an account 22 hours ago, been lurking around here and there, finally decided to post my first comment after reading this post. I’d like to get more involved, just trying to find my footing first. Speaking of - what app(s) is everyone using? I’m on Android, and just logged into Jerboa. Decent UI, not a fan of the flashing screen during transitions. Any recommendations on other apps? Thanks.
Welcome here!
For mobile apps: https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ and [email protected]
I’ll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.
unlurks
Here’s my kitty cat KiraI don’t often have anything to add, but here is my buddy.
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Ehm… OK? Gosh, this is hard.
Definitely. Everyone on Lemmy at this time seems very reasonable as well and I am finding that the discussion is typically of a much higher quality than on Reddit, so for those who don’t usually engage, try it, it’s definitely worth a shot here.
Reddit conversations have always been either “Google en passant” or something worthwhile, or the third one where it’s just an agreement. Can’t say I am not guilty of doing all of them.
test comment please ignore
Testing cross-instance posting from my own
“Test post please ignore” vibes
How’d you find the setup process for self hosting? I’ve got half a mind to do the same. I’ve already got self hosted Audiobook Shelf and home assistant servers
