1y ago

Lemmy is popular nowadays, yet is losing its active users

Similar to Mastodon's spikes last year, it seems. Anyways, there is data to think about. Source

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I'm to tired to make quality posts. Props to the people that can do that every day. Best I got is a few mildly opinionated comments.
- Even lurkers are still part of the community.
  I started out looking for an exact replacement for Reddit (where I mostly lurk). Initially I thought the lack of content and traffic on Lemmy was a bad thing, but I now see it as early days of a community and lack of content means I have a chance to make a post or comment that is valued and gets engagement from other users. Reddit was so mature that anything I wanted to post was either already there, not welcome or buried under an ocean of other content/comments. If you use both you could even find good content on Reddit to crosspost on Lemmy.
  It's quite nice being part of a small community now. Even just an up/down vote from you will be worth more here. It's great.
  
  I used to be a reddit lurker. I would go into a thread for a post and look for the thing I would have posted, and upvote it.
  I can't do this on Lemmy, I actually have to write stuff now I guess, otherwise it doesn't show up. I don't like it.
  Feels weird man.
  
  actually have to write stuff now I guess, otherwise it doesn’t show up
  can you exoskeleton this one for me? I don't get it.
  (autocorrect, just guess what that word was supposed to be)
  
  Just a joke. I used to just read the comments in reddit threads and be satisfied with the conversations already being had. The subreddits I usually visited were busy enough that I had plenty to read. Rarely did I ever feel like logging in to add something. (I’m also unoriginal, so if I thought of a joke I’d go find it in the reddit thread and upvote it, ha).
  Lemmy has less comments, less to read. But I also don’t pointlessly scroll forever, so I guess that’s probably good.
- I try to comment when I can. Even if it's not insightful. A small compliment keeps a community going.
  
  Hell small compliments keep people going let alone an abstract sense of community
  
  You guys are doing great!
  
  I try to browse and upvote in new also
- I’m to tired to make quality posts.
  There's room for shitty posts too. 🫂
- Get out of my head!
  
  Sorry. I'll try to respect your mental personal space next time.
  
  Perfection 🤌🤌🤌
- How mildly opinionated of you.
- Thanks for pointing that out! High quality content takes time to craft. It's being skilled and/or knowledgable, being able to convey that across on a digital platform (where basically everyone's anonymous and of unknown backgrounds), and being engaging while you're at it. It definitely can be demanding for some.
- Beans on toast are better than vegemite on toast!
  
  Noodles on toast is better than both

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