If people use it and they don't post or comment, it could go dark

But if I comment then I'll break my 9 year record of being a lurker on social media!

Can’t we just upvote?

Plot twist: All of the "bot accounts" were actually a huge influx of Reddit users who were lurking. By removing the accounts / defederating with their instances, we've sent them all back to Reddit, ensuring Reddit can pull through the mass exodus.

But, I'm a lurker.

Don't care.

FUCK SPEZ

I've already posted more here than my last 4 years on Reddit.

You're not my dad!

Sure, I guess I'm active, but I will go back to lurking

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[Two men next to one another in an office cubicle. The man on the left is sitting at a desk looking anxiously at the man on the right, who is standing and gesturing with his hands as he explains something]

Lemmy only counts users who posted or commented as active users

You gotta post or comment!

^{I'm a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!}

About 15 years ago many of us left Digg and migrated to Reddit because at that time it became kind of what Reddit is right now without even all the API shit going on.

I have been hoping for something to replace Reddit for a few years now but it seems like every possible alternative would instantly become populated by the alt-right, people who got evinced from other platforms, instead of free software loving geeks and their relatives.

Reddit actually gave us the kick in the butt that we needed to start anew and make something better. I wanted to fight, I made the subs I managed private and then NSFW but I realize it is not worth spending the energy.

We are the people who made Reddit great but there is no point in trying to keep it this ways, it isn't even great anymore anyway. Let's not be slaves to a company that only cares about profit and acts as if we need them while the truth is that they need us.

Trying to make Reddit better, at this point, is like volunteering for Microsoft instead of contributing to open-source projects with the hope that they will become less oriented toward profits.

This is already a place we can call our own, all we have to do is to furnish it and make it a nice place to be for those who understand why it is worthwhile to do so. It is not the actual owners of Reddit that made it great, quite the contrary even, they keep on making it worst. It is us, the users who made it great and we can do the same here.

I am pretty sure Aaron Swartz himself would tell us to leave the site he created if he could communicate from his grave. There is no point in wasting energy for a company that wants to sell us NFTs, virtual gifts and rewards. I never bought any of this shit anyway but I am going to make Lemmy a donation right now!

Doing my part

This is not a strictly commercial network. Do we really need useless comments or posts just to increase some stats numbers? I'd think about quality contents instead.

You can't tell me what to do! You're not my manager!

I guess I probably should start commenting. Just been lurking and trying to find my communities.

But it's scary

I like trains.

That sounds kinda self-sabotaging but ok. I shall comment!

I didn't know that, how often does a user have to comment/post to be "active"? Are we only active the days we do it?

Nah I don't think I will.

Doing my part 🫡

OK, guess I'll comment then.

Voting on posts doesn't count as engagement?

Sorry I'll try harder!

I just feel like I don't have anything of value to add most of the time. I just enjoy lurking.

Please drink water

Y

Voting should count but fine I’ll comment

is upvote counted?

eh. nice try. I'll stay lurkin'.

Doing my part.

How often? Does it effect my tax bracket? Can I bring a friend?

I’m doing my part

I don't like engaging with people... but I also feel the need to help Lemmy's numbers.... what to do.

I'm trying to but i can't for some reason

B - but my username

Cereal goes before milk

Oh shit I only get one opportunity to say something witty and I just wasted

Active user reporting in

This is good to know!

HOLD THAT DOOR!! HOLD THAT DOOR!! walks slowly to elevator

I'm an active user

IM DOING MY PART!!

Posting

Hi!

Hi

Ok

Never.

I’m a lurker here until I find my people. This is my first comment. Hello, Lemmy!

Also, WefWef is pretty amazing. I hope it goes full native iOS someday.

If I comment from another instance, does it count towards my instance or the instance the post was from?