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] 113 points 2 years ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (4 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] 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I'll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.

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[–] carrot 55 points 2 years ago (9 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Watch me engage with someone

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago (3 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!

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (2 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] 16 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

test comment please ignore

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Totally ignoring, please ignore.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (6 children)

> Joined 4 days ago

> 7 Comments

ppfft, get on my level scrub. :P

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy shit that's amazing! I really need to step up my game.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (9 children)

My screentime for reddit was like, 30 hours a week before this week.

I probably should've quit link aggregation sites altogether. Would've been more healthy. It's like a part time job lmao.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I lurk most of the time because most of the time i have nothing to say

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Congrats you just said something!

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (6 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] 29 points 2 years ago (8 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] 28 points 2 years ago

Ok here's a meme that is unrelated to anything we're discussing but always cracks me up:

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (6 children)

This is kinda exciting ngl

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

I really, really hope the open internet takes off again

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

After 14 years on reddit I’m tired of watching it die, the death of Apollo is what pushed me over the edge, I loved Apollo. I’ve been browsing in here for the past few days. I like it. Trying to get used to it. Fuck reddit and u/spez all of the situation was trash. Thank you all for recommending this site!! I’m excited to be apart of it!

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm doing my part! turns head towards camera

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I feel reminded of the old days of the internet. It is invigorating discovering this Fediverse. Everything feels a lot more engaged than Reddit. I think it may be a good thing if this does not "take off" completely.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm Gen Z and never got to experience the old internet, but I have seen old posts on stuff like Google Groups and mail lists. The fediverse has a similar vibe, and I like it

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

To be fair, I'm not sure if it helps to generate "fake" activity. IMHO the migration to lemmy will only work if the content will at least have a minimum amount of quality. Just posting random memes is probably not a good way to start.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not lurking is such a hard habit to break. Especially with the way Reddit sorts comments, I'm so used to clicking into a thread to find some insightful discussion or hilarious joke that had already been made. But I'm trying my best, even by writing this comment!

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I just feel like I have nothing interesting to say:(

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

After 10+ years of lurking on reddit I have commented five(?) times in one Lemmy week

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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] 18 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Welcome to a better future everyone.

Me rn -

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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[–] viptela_never_works 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

test post please don't ignore

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

In all seriousness: I am trying. Hard to break the habit of lurking. But on the other hand I'll often upvote something, so thats engagement right there :-)

edit: also since someone said "less memes" - I'd recommend you this watch on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

If you want me to comment, there will be SOME memes. Heck, look at OP's handle, how did you expect me NOT to do it? :O

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

Trying my best here, I'm introverted to an extreme, but I really dislike the direction in which Reddit is going and will go, and wish for this place (or rather, places), to prosper and see how it evolves.

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

You're right, I'll try. I enjoy reading, but often get overwhelmed with trying to respond, so I end up just giving up and not finishing my

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[–] BigP 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As a recent Reddit refugee, I really hope federated social media sites like Lemmy and Mastodon take off!

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm upvoting posts and comments, and I'm sporadically commenting in other users posts. But I'm still getting confidence to post things cause everything is new and I'm kinda insecure with the possibility of messing things up.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You can't tell me what to do!

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Long time no see, Lemmy. I hope Reddit ending is for the best, and I hope all my precious communities migrate to open source software.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I can't seem to post an image in a comment, does anyone else get the same?

SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data

I wanted to post the starship troopers "I'm doing my part" meme

EDIT: I think it's my local instance.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

Works fine for me, try your image format

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Here's my first comment on Lemmy. I always lurked on Reddit, but I'll try not to here!

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I just wanted to say that I am impressed with the mentality here. Everyone seems so engaged (at least at first now) that Lemmy feels alive although we are relatively few people, still. That reminds me somewhat of the early stages of the internet, when everything was still new and you felt special for being part of something big blowing up. Keep it up and try not to create redundant communities on every instance!

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[–] [email protected] 14 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 .

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ve always lurked on Reddit but I’ll try my best to comment more

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[–] [email protected] 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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