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
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
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 all terribly engaging!
This is your friendly neighborhood deviant trying not to lurk
Oh hey how’s agoin
I’ll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.
I don’t often have anything to add, but here is my buddy.
unlurks
Here’s my kitty cat Kira
I like your puppy.
Me too!
that’s not a puppy, he’s too big
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
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!
I’ve been looking for a viable alternative for years but nothing has ever stuck. Lemmy seems like it’s got enough community already that there should be some staying power.
Bringing spez back on as CEO was one of the worst decisions Reddit has made. kn0thing leaving was the last cliff too before the whole thing really went downhill.
Fuck spez for killing Apollo.
Ditto for RIF on Android dying. Lemmy will take some getting used to, but I refuse to support reddit for killing my user experience.
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.
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.
Hey now, I lurked on Reddit for years and it grew to be a huge success. I’m ready to repeat this bold strategy!
Alright… this marks the end of my lurking lifestyle then, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Don’t tell me what to do, I’ll engage when I’m ready >:(
hol up
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.
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!
Good to have you here!
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