Time for us lurkers to step up and post!

I lurked instead of commenting on Reddit because there was always that fear that the slightest poor word choice could result in the hounds being released. Secondary to that is often not having anything unique to add to a conversation. I have been trying to contribute more here.

Here's something to consider: many of us were using reddit for several years. That's years of exploring, building, and bonding with communities. So when you come to Lemmy, don't expect that it will be a 100% replacement immediately. It takes time. Stick with it. Explore and post in different communities. Grow your usage gradually. You cannot reasonably expect to find everything you are looking for right away.

Welcome the circus. I read an interesting post that said Reddit has the bulk of the users for this type of social media, but the users who add value and post etc. are the ones you need. The users Lemmy needs to attract are not the crowd that lurks. It’s the crowd that posts and adds value. That is a much smaller group of users.

Reddit user of 10 years here, last day of being able to use Boost over there, so just starting to figure this place out!

I mostly just enjoy reading varied opinions of others rather than having much to say, but I'll try to start responding more!

Same here m8. I been using lemmy since yesterday and literaly just made this account 5 miutes ago since rif alreaddy stopped responding. Really liking lemmy right now, im kinda worried that its gona be kinda lonely for a while while more people start coming in if ever. Maybe something as scaled back as this is gonna be fine since political shit in reddit was getting kinda wild with subs like politics and whitepeopletwitter constantly flooding /all... started getting sick of it. And it seems that im here they are more calm on that front so thats a good sing i guess. But im rambling now so im just gonna wish you good luck and happy scroling.

I'm commenting.... Is that enough?

Another lurker refugee from redacted. I hope I can help a community grow.

Dyslexic lurkers of the world untie!

Just signed up. Fingers crossed.

I'll join you. I was a 95% lurker on Reddit. Hopefully I can do more here. I also want more people to know how much of an asshole Spez is.

I had a 16 year old Reddit account and maybe commented 10 times. I’m here to contribute!

Do it, don't be shy.

I never comment and it's weird coming from reddit, but I really do hope this takes off. I love the fundamental ideas the federated universe or whatever operates on.

Lemmy is life now. Lemmy is home. Lemmy lurk here please. 🙂

I lurk. I comment. I Lemmy.

100% the same. I've been trying to post or comment at least once a day to make the daily active users number go up.

Either way I've already posted more on here than on Reddit, so that was an easy win for me.

If you want a community with training wheels and is open to general discussions, come say hi. Its a place where you can work past the fear of being downvoted or insulted. You are welcome here. 😀

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/bbses

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/247310

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41195

This is actually more usable than I expected

I'm still a little confused about how this place works, but im getting the hang of it.

Hello, kind sers! I am here as a total noob, making my second comment. I am such a lemming (is this what we call ourselves?), hurr durr! Normally, i am a lurker who sometimes comments. But you're right, we need to throw coal on the gas, so it burns for longer and heats up the joint. I'm not particularly funny or insightful to create original content. That being said, where can i post random funny stuff i get from friends and/or have saved in my phone?

I've been more active on Lemmy the last fortnight than Reddit in months, Reddit's swarm of Facebook users had already killed the quality of the platform.

Lurk to avoid Downvotes...

Does this count as a post?

This platform has a surprising potential, I hope more reddit users find this to increase the user base and content

Same here man. I’ve always lurked but since Apollo no longer works for Reddit here I am, hoping this community takes off?

G'luck!

I'm doing my part!

Good luck!

Very much the same goes for me. Have been lurking over there for more than ten years, sucking in all the information, content and memes that got uploaded. I won't be to active on Lemmy since old habits die hard but you never know. For a dezentralized future that holds true to the small guy!

So what are the best "subreddits" so far on Lemmy?

Is there a android app I could use?

Good luck! I'm also a 10-year chronic reddit lurker. Will do my best to be an active contributor to Lemmy. 😀

I'm trying to contribute here as well!

Time to start posting

Hell yeah more interaction, more growth

Let's hope this doesn't fizzle out

Same boat. Good luck!

The communities I'm part of, are still not part of lemmy/kbin. I've decided to be a lurker via old.reddit and be an active contributor in Lemmy.

First post, thanks for having me 😀

Which iOS clients do you all use?

I agree, and I want to post things, but I've recently become a parent of twins, and they dominate my life. The only thing I have to post is pics of my kids. That's not good content. This isn't Facebook, Nobody here wants that.

hopefully lemmy keeps growing, id love something like this to become mainstream as i think it has more potential to do so than linux for example as thats a bigger commitment than a new social app that lots of people can adopt quickly once there are more/better mobile clients

You can't tell me what to do!

Here's a comment from a 12 year lurker of that other site. Time to start contributing.

Haha. Well, I'm trying. Might be back to lurking when I rediscover that I don't have very much I want to share.

right here with you!

I was a chronic reddit lurker as well, and I really love Lemmy and want to post more. It's so much fun to find communities I used to lurk at and actually post on them now :)