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] 4 points 2 years ago

I agree. It already helps if you comment under stuff that you liked. Pushes the good content up to the top and it will be more visible for others.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Okay, I'll try (yes that's my kitty <3)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Much of the meme content is in the form of GIF and as fare as I see, Lemmy does not support uploading GIFs. Will this format be supported in the near future?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I find it really hard not to lurk. So much so that the one time I got banned from a subreddit, I immediately unsubscribed from it because I knew someday I'd see something I wanted to respond to there and not being able to would be super annoying.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Good idea. The more activity we have, the more we will get... It's a positive feedback loop

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

Who'd win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Good to see more comments than upvotes

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

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!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Set up my instance to come here to report that I am not lurking o7

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My first comment on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Woot!! You did it!

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[–] BlueAxolotl 4 points 2 years ago

Never rly participated when I was on reddit, but the fact that we must now participate to make lemmy a thing makes the community awesome I think and much more welcoming than on reddit and thus that's a huge incentive to post, comment and participate IMO

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I like Lemmy! I'll add something to the conversation, just this once...

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

Lurk, Mom! No Reddit!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I've been on reddit for far longer than I'd care to admit. It's been a weird feeling deleting all of my bookmarks and apps in an attempt to avoid just absently mindedly returning.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'll try not to lurk, even though I'm use to lurking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Doing my part!

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