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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I'll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't often have anything to add, but here is my buddy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Watch me engage with someone

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

FUCK u/Spez!

Hey now, /u/spez is a hero - without him, Lemmy would never have taken off like it has lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Hey now, I lurked on Reddit for years and it grew to be a huge success. I'm ready to repeat this bold strategy!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey people of the internet. So if I’m going to not lurk, and if I have a really weird sense of humour and am downright unfunny to most of my friends, where is my community here?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Alright... this marks the end of my lurking lifestyle then, I guess ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Don't tell me what to do, I'll engage when I'm ready >:(

hol up

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It can be tough sometimes, but find those communities you already love and say something - even a little thing is engagement!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

test comment please ignore

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I feel more comfortable participating on Lemmy than I ever did on Reddit or Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I saw Lemmy has already grown a lot over the weekend and I'm all for it getting bigger! To be honest I also feel a lot more motivated to actually post here instead of lurk.

And the community seems super nice so far!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Using the jeroboa app rn and it's fairly intuitive.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was a Redditor for years and rarely posted anything and only sometimes commented. Predominantly a lurker but I have been doing my best to comment here the last few days, more than I have in the last 6 months on Reddit and feel less judged for comments. Reminds me of the early days of Reddit when things were simpler. Ah… very much a Pepperidge Farm remembers moment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think, for mass appeal lemmy will ultimatively need communities for popular topics (games, trends, etc.), which can bring in lots of new users. From what I've seen so far the topics are still rather niche, or can't compete with identical communites on major platforms. When the traction starts getting big enough, it might just run on its own.

This comment is also more or less a test, trying out the platform.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trying my best! I have an account on lemmy.ml but with the increase in traffic I’m barely able to use it! Moving to this one which has already helped. Anyone reading this feel free to send a message and say hi!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hello! I’m the same user, just moved to another instance!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lemmy sprawls thanks to his dislike of Reddit's new rules. This is both a virtue and a problem at the same time. Reading 1,000 "Reddit is about to fall apart" posts or copies of old Reddit posts is quite tedious. Oh yeah, there's also the defederation announcements, it's even more tedious to read that nonsense. Guys, you have not had time to consolidate, and already arranging a rant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've just created [email protected] and [email protected], does that count? :P

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