2y ago

Do your part, try not to lurk!

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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- 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.
  
  good to know!

This is me not lurking
- Watch me engage with someone
  
  Watch me watch you engage with someone
- This is your friendly neighborhood deviant trying not to lurk

I'll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.
- I don't often have anything to add, but here is my buddy.
- unlurks
- that's not a puppy, he's too big
- I like your puppy.
  
  Me too!
- Here’s my kitty cat Kira

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

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.
- Reddit conversations have always been either “Google en passant” or something worthwhile, or the third one where it’s just an agreement. Can’t say I am not guilty of doing all of them.

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

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

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?
- Yarp.
  
  I got a reply!

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

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!
- Ditto for RIF on Android dying. Lemmy will take some getting used to, but I refuse to support reddit for killing my user experience.

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

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.
- Welcome here!
  For mobile apps: https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ and !lemmyapps@lemmy.world

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!
- hello, fellow human!

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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.
- we all know its going to take a while, but the years of work behind ActivityPub and real world implementatiins like Lemmy are beginning to bear fruit - for the benefit of us all.
  you're here right now. that says a lot.
  
  I first saw lemmy a few months ago, but forgot about it. The recent Reddit events have sparked interest again, and I am feeling adventurous. Major Social media platforms seem to collapse / mess up one after the other now, and the concept behind federation is very intriguing (especially that part that even different applications can communicate with each other thanks to ActivityPub).

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

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

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!

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.

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.
- @nathanpc @bitsplease test
- 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.
  
  Either it doesn't get engaged with, or the people who engage with it have the reading comprehension of a carrot.
  I noticed you didn't explicitly say in your post that you don't kick puppies, so let me assume that you believe that is acceptable and then vividly describe what a horrible person you are. Also,
  Time to start over
  ...now that I've pulled a tiny portion of comment out of context to make it easier to attack, how dare you.
  
  Usually with Reddit you gotta be there early in a post to get interacted with. If it’s 5-6 hours since the post was made you’re only likely to get a few scattered upvotes.
  
  My comment would either get overlooked or it was literally walking on eggshells. Make an innocuous remark that somehow gets taken out of context and say hello to the downvotes.
- Yep, this is how i felt as well!

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

But I have nothing interesting to say...
- A large part of the conversations on this site over th last few days has been about a guy who didn't want to shit for 3 days, the bar isn't incredibly high lol

This is kinda exciting ngl
- I really, really hope the open internet takes off again

test comment please ignore

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

Oh, that’s interesting, the reply box is all the way down here. I’ll see what I can do here as far as activity goes, I don’t know what fediverse is but it sounds like something worth taking part in.

Another lurker here. Been well over a decade and this is the first time I feel like contributing again. Really hope the fediverse catches on this time.

vim :)

Lemmings

Totally agree, we need to build for the long term. Engagement has power.

Hello fellow lemmings

I have been way more active here than i have been on other platforms. I have what like 3 comments now? So that's not saying much ha.

Huzzah!

Not me!

Same problem Mastodon had, the content consumers joined, but the content creators didn't, so there was nothing on the platform to engage with.
And let's be real, Lemmy is going to face the same fate when inevitably the Reddit protest ends in a couple days and everyone goes back to Reddit. Reddit is going to survive.
- I think a massive difference between Twitter and Reddit is that Reddit isn't very user-centric. It's not about building a "personal brand" or amassing individual followings.
  That's why I believe a decentralized Reddit clone (akin to Lemmy) has a much larger chance of thriving.

I try but I rarely post. I did seem to kinda revive the !beeandpuppycat@lemm.ee community so that's dope. I hope people keep posting there.
- Feel free to promote it on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca and !newcommunities@lemmy.world
  
  Already did haha
  
  Already did hehehe

Is there any Android app that looks exactly like the website? I absolutely love the UI of the website but I prefer apps.
- Most people are using Jerboa on Android. There are also some Reddit 3rd party apps, like RedReader, with plans to support Lemmy integration in the near future.

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.

Hi people!
- Heya! :)

I've just created !board_games@lemmy.ca and !tabletop_rpgs@lemmy.ca, does that count? :P

There is no engagement algorithm; it's us :)

Well, I feel like you're talking directly to me so...here I am!
- right to your very soul.

Me not lurking

This is the way.
- This is the way.
  
  This is the way.

but i don't have anything to say
other than fuck spez of course

Shush! let me lurk....oh no

Always a bad sign when one of the top comments is trying to compel users to engage.

Interesting comment here, please upvote

Anyone know if there is an app to use for IOS? I’m trying Mlem and I do like where they are going with the app it just bums me out how often it crashes. Also, I hope the influx of ex-Redditors really helps Lemmy and the Fediverse take off.
- https://testflight.apple.com/join/6jaRU6rD
  
  Thanks! I think I might actually like it more than Mlem. The ability to swipe to upvote is a really nice QoL feature.

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