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Do your part, try not to lurk! (lemmy.ml)
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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] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's really different compared to a lot of forums in the early days where everyone use to say 'lurk moar'

[–] mobiuscoffee 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That brought back some old memories. Most forums had that kind of implicit rule. You were meant to see how people were posting and learn how to fit in.

I'm glad there are more internet communities open to people expressing themselves however they want, emphasizing mutual respect rather than fitting in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I do miss it a little because they definitely had a culture that was unique, compared to sites like Twitter or Reddit.

[–] mobiuscoffee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I definitely have nostalgia for it too! But as with all memories it can be hard to separate what's me missing being younger and what's me missing how things were back then.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think with federation gets more popular a lot of it may come back in a way.

[–] mobiuscoffee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's nothing really stopping people from creating an non-federalized instance that would essentially be an old school forum. There was a pretty crazy lemmy frontend thing I saw that brings it all full circle too.

Lemmy as a phpBB forum: https://fedibb.ml/