I think I've posted more comments on Lemmy than I ever did on Reddit. And I joined Reddit back around 2010.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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Definitely replying more instead of just lurking.
I’m thinking it’s a combination of
- my perception that I can expect a reply if I comment
- My curiosity about Lemmy
- I find more post relatable (probably because I am learning alongside others about Lemmy)
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Absolutely, I feel closer to the community here on lemmy.
I try, but then usually give up when it fails to submit 3 times
I feel bad when I see people have duplicate replies. Their duplicates get downvoted and I've seen people act demeaning as if the repeated comments were intentional. Meanwhile Lemmy and its apps are developing so bugs are going to happen.
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Agreed. I've been posting way more frequently than in Reddit. Although admittedly, the more engaging topics are there. But we're barely a month into rexxit so the leaps this platform have made is impressive enough.
We all should. That's how we turn this platform successful over reddit. I've also noticed communities don't suck as much (for now), I could be wrong but I don't seem to see so much toxicity like I do on reddit nowadays
I really like the default active sorting keeping discussions in older threads alive for longer. The comment sorting also makes it easier to join discussions later on :)
I certainly have.
I think actually feeling like you are being seen is a big factor for me. I felt buried in Reddit and so far this community just feels right. I really do hope it stays that way.
yeah people have mentioned already I've seen as a reason. This is because of active/hot, where on reddit the top comment was top because it was highest voted, there's something different going on with sorting here.
i feel less desire to troll here. Just feels mean and horrible.
I am more of a sarcastic commenter. Made a couple of posts though. However, I am upvoting a lot more stuff here as I never really upvoted posts on that other site that hates 3rd party stuff. I want to make sure this stuff actually works and people don’t go crawling back to that site that makes you Spez out.
I don't know if it's just me but it reminds me of early Reddit, without all the Karma whoring
Yeah, I post more. Gotta do my part to make this community alive.
I have already written more comments here than I ever did on reddit. I want lemmy to succeed and it needs even us lurkers to do that. It ain't much--but I am commenting ;)
I?m posting less overall, I think. I'm used to interactng in specific communities that haven't hit critical mass yet.
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If anything, the opposite.
The algorithm knew me. Losing the algorithm is like losing a friend... the dickhead that always asked for money.
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I think that as a result of the size of reddit, it was unlikely to have engagement when you commented, and it was common to get unkind engagement if it did happen. It’s nice to have a fresh start, but since there’s less of us, it is also a much more intimate experience.
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Same, long-time reddit lurker here. I have posted more on Lemmy than I've posted on reddit in years.
Trying to break the habit, discussion content isn't gonna start itself otherwise
Reddit mods censored a lot of content both posts and comments. That was part of the reason reddit was not a positive experience and became a echo chamber. Lemmy appears to be more like the old internet where there were a diverse community of ideas and views.
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I just joined today and will always stay a lurker but I've mainly noticed a difference in the type of comment I feel prompted to make. On Reddit I mostly gave advice to other people, because you or any opinions were never going to get noticed anywhere else anyway (unless you were lucky, I guess), the community here right now is a lot more casual and so are my replies.
I didn't make posts all that often on reddit, but I definitely commented a fair amount. The problem I've got with lemmy right now is there's not as much discussion about stuff I'm interested in, so I'm mainly just looking at All instead of keeping to my subscribed communities.
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i feel like iam actually contributing to the community and helping to build this platform. in Reddit it doesn't feel like your making a difference
Agreed. Maybe it's because aside from such a welcoming community, a lot of us shared this collective experience coming from Reddit. It oddly feels at home here.
I think lemmy.world (or other lemmy instances you are ok of) is the place for me to learn how to communicate with others.
Before then, I never post and comment anything on Facebook and Twitter. Now I comment a lot here.
I haven't posted but I've sure commented more times in the past 48 hours than I'd posted on reddit in probably the last year.
I'm loving the engagement I'm seeing. And the fact you're here means we have more in common that the vast majority of users I interacted with on reddit even when I did interact on reddit.
Here you can actually have your main page set to All without most of it being crap and can actually make a thought through post in a generic forum with a high likelihood that it gets engaged with in a positive way.
In Reddit you had to stick to browsing on Subscribed and the generic communities are swamped with karma-farming low-effort today's-consensus-following posts or posts trying to start flamewars.
Over there I pretty much only contributed in one or two highly specialized forums, here I participate in the general community.