this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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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

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[–] Packopus@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@bitsplease Hey all, I want you to think of this as rebooting the internet. YOU are the starter now. This whole fediverse concept is relatively new to a lot of people, but can make a whole lot of new websites be like what the internet was supposed to be. Please, be the forefront, be the internet you want to see. You can't lurk because without you, WE won't see anything. Content may be made by others, but you obsorb it and can pass it on. Just like gossip around the office, you have to be the one to help spread it otherwise there is no tea at the end of the day. This brought me out of my lurking shell. I've commented everywhere I even see! Join us! Share us! Be a part of this whole shift in the newest "generation" of internet!

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[–] L0rdNikon@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I’m doing my part! After killing my 11 year old Reddit account

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[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I couldn’t agree more!

In effort to try to add value to posting, I found a mobile app for iPhone. It’s clearly in beta. I’m not associated with them at all, and I hope they don’t mind me posting the results of my Brave search.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/xQfmkJhc

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[–] DiscoShrew@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 years ago

I think the presently smaller user base makes it easier to feel comfortable posting and talking, plus I feel as if many could be motivated to participate more because of the ideals the community upholds through FOSS. It certainly feels good to post here, a more guilt free experience.

[–] setInner234@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago

Another lurker here. Been well over a decade and this is the first time I feel like contributing again. Really hope the fediverse catches on this time.

[–] FlightD@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I already blocked access to reddit on my network, so lurking is not an option for me ;)

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[–] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

Yes, people who are leaving reddit are making Lemmy more active which was the only missing thing to make me delete reddit entirely. Before that it was too slow to get new content but now it is alright, thanx to reddit, long life to lemmy .

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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[–] artistan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

But....but...I like lurking.

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[–] csolisr@social.azkware.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does posting and replying from another server count as "not lurking"?

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[–] engto@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hello everyone. This is literally the first thing I'm clicking on after registering

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[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not just Lemmy as a Reddit alternative, but I've fallen in love with the Fediverse in general. It's kind of how I always imagined social media to be like, though it still has a ways to go and has been held back because "mainstream" platforms have monopolized users and power. I definitely want to be more active here.

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[–] ConstipatedFox@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I'll try my best not to be such a lurker. A fresh start on here might be what I need to get me out of my comfort zone.

[–] baal@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Trying hard! What I'd need is a browser extension (Firefox) that just sends me to the fediverse as soon as I type "old.reddit.com" into the address bar to kill some time. Old habits die hard.

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[–] Toxinflora@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

well this felt like a personal callout but i will try a little to do this, and to be active as a user rather than a lurker

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bro literally triggered lurkers

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[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] HarvesterOfEyes@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

I signed up... checks notes... 3 years ago?! I don't even remember why! But I haven't posted much or at all since then. Now that Lemmy is gaining traction and is becoming more active, I'm trying to contribute to it as much as I can. So far, I've tried to comment at least once a day.

[–] vaugerbird@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've always been a lurker on the other site but I think I'll be much more active on here!

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[–] Brad_Brace@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

wildly hits keys on the keyboard

[–] mbeezy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] CybrRunnr@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Completely agree! I was a lurker on Reddit. I’m trying to be more active here. It seems less intimidating than Reddit.

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[–] echo@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I joined Lemmy today. I've been getting into Mastodon recently as well and I have to say the comfy feeling I'm getting from the governance resiliency of FOSS and federated spaces(FFOSS?) is wonderful. This has the same feeling as when I first tried GNU/Linux so many years ago. :D

[–] IverCoder@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is probably the first-ever post to surpass 1,000 upvotes.

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[–] Senseibull@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I remember reddit in 08 and it was better, less toxicity

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[–] KeefChief12@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Me not lurking

[–] MX36@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

I never posted on Reddit but lurked it for years using Reddit is Fun. I feel like their decision to essentially kill third party apps is just the start of pushing terrible changes that will turn Reddit into something like Facebook.

After learning a bit about how Lemmy works I'm really interested to see how it grows! Without any one person or organization at the helm it'll be interesting to see what communities naturally flourish.

[–] Reeek@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I keep telling myself to comment. It really doesn't come naturally to me after years of lurking.

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[–] Z3DT@feddit.nl 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I'm a little confused on how to find more communities to join. I'm on the feddit.nl instance, and I know I can subscribe to communities on any instance, but there isn't really a search button or anything like that, at least not on the Jerboa app. Is there, like, a user guide on how this shit works?

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[–] lynny@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

More than that, spread the word around. Help people register. If Reddit users don't know that lemmy exists no one will use it. We have to get more people AWARE.

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[–] Smiley@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

Aye, captain o7! I've pretty much always lurked online, something about making posts that will possibly be on the internet forever scares me. Despite my anxiety, I've posted some art on my Kbin account, might upload some cat pics soon too.

[–] Schedar@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

Already been posting and commenting more than I ever did in countless years on Reddit!

I think on Reddit there was so many voices I hardly felt it was worth posting or commenting. Someone else would have already posted my thoughts and done it much more eloquently than I would have.

Here every little act of engagement helps, so I’m just jumping right in to posting & commenting without second guessing myself.

[–] geon@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Excited to be here y'all.

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