But I like being a lurker 😟
I still remember this epic comment from @cm0002@lemmy.world. It's funny because cm0002 is like one of the most active posters I see around.
Why do I too remember that post and the comment, huh, I might be spending a lot of time here
They really upped their game!
It's ok to be a lurker. Lurkers, I'm happy you're here with us.
And we're here for you.
Hey this user isn’t a lurker!! They’re a big fat phony!!!
- Presses reply
- Types an insightful comment
- Looks at it. There’s something wrong with it. He just doesn’t know what.
- Erases it. Starts over.
- *Still doesn’t feel right *
- Hits cancel, discards the comment, and goes back to doom scrolling.
How often did you contemplate posting this comment?
I felt this in my bones.
I worry the same way, but mostly just when I'm commenting on something hurtful. Like if a commenter is being agonizingly wrong about something really important, spreading lies, you know the kind. I'll get worked up and start writing a comment, but realize that any point I make can be nitpicked and invalidated even if it's broadly correct. So I don't post those comments.
But when it's not in response to someone being inflammatory, I feel better about just doing my best with what I write. If someone has a correction, well that's a good thing! I'll acknowledge it and edit my comment to include the better info I'm given. I can hope that the people reading it don't see that I was wrong on one point and decide I'm completely wrong because I try to interact respectfully.
I'm an introvert, leave me alone.
cute, gecko? lizard? what species?
Looks like a fire salamander to me. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_salamander
..... Nice.
Countries with the first-past-the-post electoral system perform similarly to autocracies when it comes to healthcare performance.
But Lurkers are great at defending from enemy infantry in StarCraft.
I'm glad someone else thinks of the zerg when lurkers are discussed.
Sorry, I lurk. Sorry.
Goddamit squirrel I'm trying, ive got years of lurker conditioning to break.
Im not! I furiously type my thoughts on every post I can to let my opinions be known to the community!
No, I only come here when I poo.
Can't you talk while pooing?
Some people, even presidents, poo and talk at the same time! Every time they open their mouths!
Are my almost daily cat pictures not enough for you?!
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Lemmy is far and away the most active I've ever been on social media, then I see a three month old account with 2K comments and suddenly feel like a lurker.
Some of us comment and some of us post. You're a poster.
No
Gotcha
I’m doing my part by flooding Lemmy with opossum and bat pics. Maybe an occasional raccoon if the mood is right.
lurk lurk lurk hehehehehe try to stop me b
Lurky is the adjective form of lurking, i like saying lurky it tickels my mouth wires. So ill continue being lurky.
I do as I please
Screaming into the void can be therapeutic.
I'm a loomer not a lurker.
Does actively commenting but never posting count as lurking?
I also want this answer. I’m trying to find things to post but commenting comes more naturally!
I feel like I already post too much lol. But that might be an artifact from my autism which always makes me feel like I'm not good enough or have nothing worthwile to contribute.
Same here, except from Anxiety. Maybe this is just being human?
I'm a poster on Mbin, it'll have to do.
But .. but what if someone downvotes me?
Nothing makes me feel more powerful than getting downvoted and not caring while having a bunch of people who clearly care a lot about votes tell me I should care about downvotes.
Go ahead and downvote me, it literally doesn’t matter.
You said that so I'd upvote you, you jerk!
It's really hard for me to not downvote this.
Sure when you ask like this, how could we resist?
I'm try 😞
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Frequent lurker here, I just have such a hard time getting my thoughts out into words that’s relevant to a conversation. Add in an irrational amount of aversion to negative feedback (real or perceived) and it just feels better to just keep scrolling.
One day I’ll get better at this, it’s not easy when my socializing experience has been dominated with negativity both online and offline.
I lurke, I smirk, I work, but not twerk, does that make me a jerk?
It’s one perk.
Don't tell me what to do old man
Sorry <3
Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.
Are you sure about that?
Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla.
No seriously, it's actually fun to comment on random things. Often the next day when I wake up I have a bunch of fun responses in my inbox.
I'm doing my part!
its hard when i get most of my content here.
Hey Bernie 👋🏽
I've been busy!
Lurk on Deez nuts 🥜🌰
I'll do better!
Fine you win this round
This is the way
What could have been
But why?
Too bad that when you are strong worded against a particular set of netizens, your comments get deleted by the moderator teams or whatever it is called here on Lemmy.
Reddit and Lemmy, two peas in a pod.
I'm sure I won't find anything out of place in the modlog then?
Go ahead.
Call them out on !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Modlogs are public for a reason
Edit: also, your own moderation history isn't the best looking: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/modlog?userId=3895205
It really depends on the instance. For example, I am to the point of blocking politics on .world because they take a "both sides are the same" approach to moderation.
Most of my deleted comments and bans come from there.
!politics@sh.itjust.works can be an alternative
This is the post that got me banned from ten forward. A year earlier I warned another person to not argue with the mod because they will ban you. I made the mistake of not looking at the username before replying.
Lemmy is actually worse than Reddit.
