On reddit I was a lurker that posted like once or twice a year, but ever since joining lemmy I’ve started posting multiple times a day.
Yeah, but I’m still doing it on purpose to help the community grow. Somebody’s gotta fill this place with content, and at the end of the day that’s our job.
Normally I’m more of a commenter exclusively unless I need the services of a specific community. (video game question usually) But the Lemmy project has sent me digging for all the best youtube stuff I’ve seen in basically the past decade and then finding the community to shove it in.
Still a lurker tbh, aside from this comment
We need you, too. As long as you’re upvoting and downvoting, you’re helping curate content.
Yeah, they’re actually the backbone of the community. We’re not the power that keeps the trolls at bay, they are.
Plus lemmy only counts users who have posted or commented as an active user. So making at least one comment is helpful to gain traction.
lol semi-lurking here as well. good comment tho
I am but I’m very quickly finding out I have nothing to contribute.
I’m the most boring human alive.
I’m trying. so. hard. to. Help!
You should share the thing that you’re most terrified to share with others and i bet its not boring… for e.g… maybe you like to eat boogers… i am sure lots of people will be like… holy hell man… and they will be repulsed … but it won’t be boring. Then you could start a niche community of booger eaters and this community could share stories and recipes… and that sir or miss… is how you contribute instead of lurking.
Anyone want to creat a community about shameless farting in public or at the workplace? Or is this just me?
ahh, an avid member of /c/cropdusters i see
Yes all my comments are non relevant nonsense but I’m having fun.
Same here, every post feels like I’m making a small contribution to a platform which I really want to succeed.
Exactly this.
definitely find smaller sites like lemmy easier to post on since its much easier to repeat yourself on reddit and perhaps more modded so i refrain from saying a lot of stuff?
Well I’m just new here. I posted a lot on Reddit. But I have to say, I’m running across some new forums (or whatever they’re called here) at least one or two a day with hugely interesting discussion. Subscribe subscribe subscribe…I thought my Reddit interest list was pretty solid.
What I like about Lemmy is, that you don’t need to be one of the first comments to interact with people. On Reddit you would easily be buried somewhere at the bottom but most Lemmy posts I see have a really nice comment section. People are more likely to see your comment because the posts don’t have hundreds of comments but there are still enough comments to start a conversation. I also love that I can have conversations stretched over days. I don’t browse Lemmy often. I don’t need to feel bad when I answer something a day later.
Why do you think there was allways such a dog pile comments wise on Reddit vs Lemmy?
Do you think it’s just due to the amount of users?
I absolutely did, at least for commenting. Partly because I want to create traffic for Lemmy, and partly because it feels just… Nicer here. More genuine interaction, less quippy one liners or insults.
I never even had an account on reddit but on lemmy i post shit ?
Just you. I comment the same amount I always have, omaybe slightly less.
For sure. Also more happy to upvote.
Nah, but I’m definitely a more avid commenter!
That may or may not be a good thing.
Me and my people are powered by spite. I am going to try and be more active to help everything along so that reddit may die.
I, too, am fueled by anger and spite
It’s my favorite style of architecture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_fence
Honestly, I even set up my own instance, feels much more relevant.
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