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I have noticed that I interact a lot more in Lemmy than I ever did in any social media. Let it be Reddit, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter... I am used to be the lurker, but here for some reason things are different. Wonder if more people feel like I do.

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[-] cant_breath@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Not really, always a lurker

[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Dude, yes. I feel more comfy here than in the corporate hellscape of centralized social media apps

[-] gjoel@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I don't. Not much less either, I don't interact much with social media. Not that I don't want to, but I rarely have anything of worth to contribute. To make matters worse, Lemmy is mostly missing the communities that I'm interested in, of if they're there, they have little engagement. On reddit it was a little better, and Facebook is just insane in comparison.

But mostly I don't have anything to say, and if I do it's mostly stupid. My primary means of helping Lemmy is to not interact (much).

[-] SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I was pretty active on reddit also

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I know I do and it's because the responses are more human and organic. I also don't feel like there's an algorithm trying to make me angry or driving me for engagement, which contradictory to the research, makes me want to engage more.

[-] JWBananas@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

No, but the replies are often more strongly charged.

[-] happilybitchycowboy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I have always been a prolific commenter on Reddit. I'm doing the same over here. Hadn't been to Reddit in a couple months. Went over there earlier and explained to someone on r/electricians how an AC to DC transformer works. They permanently banned me, even though my answer was entirely correct, especially for the given problem. Heil spez, you can keep your shit show.

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Yes, even though a lot of my opinions are considered controversial here. On Reddit, unless you sort by newest posts, you're going to get buried in the comments section.

[-] SirStumps@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I try not to interact in political posts as people are very toxic but other posts it's been good.

I comment far far less here than on Reddit. Reddit was much much better at showing communities I actually cared about and sprinkled in cat pics or memes. And most posts already had a little bit of engagement.

Lemmy's just throws garbage new posts at you with no comments, no interactions, and it was posted 30 seconds ago. It also groups together posts when someone crossposts something to 30 other communities so you just get a block of 5 posts of the same thing.

As it's matured more I think it's gotten better, but it's not good.

[-] utg@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

I've noticed that the lack of content and poor arrangements is pushing me back to reddit

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[-] Companion1666@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

most posts i stumbled here are completely irrelevant to me, politically and socially, but reading comments here are better than reddit.

plus, margot robbie is here.......

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[-] orientalsniper@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Like about the same as I was on Reddit, I'm much of a lurker.

[-] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 year ago

I think I got a double push - I've reached a point in my life where I finally have something to say as well as Lemmy not drowning out my posts/comments.

Also hosting a publicly open server drags me in even more; I love that stuff.

[-] Lime66@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

When i had an account on both reddit and lemmy, i askedd questions on lemmy because I got actual answers

[-] Damaskox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't remember did I do anything else than lurk when I initially created my account in Reddit.

I was more active before I stopped creating stuff (and shortened my time of interacting with) in Reddit, and that activity level carried in here.

However, since I think that Lemmy is a smaller place than Reddit and I really want this "seems-better" system to take off, I am trying to contribute some extra resources of mine here to help the cause! (I think Lemmy is the only social media I use)

[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Definitely.

A) Posts don't have thousands of comments already by the time I see them, eliminating the feeling that commenting would be meaningless.

B) Engagement helps us grow, and I want to help us grow.

[-] martinbasic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yes. I was afraid that how my parent's thought on my comments and posts on mainstream social media, like Facebook, in the past, because they have have their own account too.

Now I have one less thing to worry about and interact more here than the days when using those mainstream social media.

[-] Gorgeous_Sloth@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I used to be a lot more active on Reddit. But I forbid myself from downloading the app, so as for now, Lemmy is the social network where I interact the most.

[-] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'll jump in under your comment because it's the same. Refuse to download Reddit app so my usage there is way down. Over 13 or 14 years I was fairly active. Here, I'm moderately so, but due mainly to my feed being probably proportionately inactive.

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[-] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Yes. I'm trying to remember it's okay to be another randomer in the conversation, and not get hung up on whether I've answered things perfectly.

[-] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I only used Reddit and none of the others and so far Lemmy has been a decent replacement but I'm nowhere near as active. I had a nice curated setup and it's just not possible yet to have the same experience on here.

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[-] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I use it less. I find the user-base a) very hostile to diverse opinions and experiences, b) very American-centric, and c) very leftwing and authoritarian.

I also have difficulty with discoverability. If I can’t find good communities, I can’t interact with them.

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[-] utopiah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Not as much as on reddit but still more and more. Just like with Mastodon over X it's not a perfect replacement (sadly, maybe) but still I feel more resilient. If somehow alternatives are too toxic or unusable I find confident I could invest more time participating here in few different ways. Reddit/X not dying is a double edge sword.

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I dislike feeding an algorithm, knowing my interaction will be monetized in all sorts of ways and helping companies profile me. This is less of a concern here.

[-] Buizel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I had intended to interact more when I joined Lemmy. But given that this is only my 4th comment ever since I joined 4 months ago, that obviously didn't happen. I've always been more of a lurker on most sites anyway, so I guess it's no surprise that I'd end up being a lurker here too.

[-] LongPigFlavor@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, this is one of few social media platforms that I interact in.

[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

It's night and day. I would comment on reddit here or there, but I would never post. I make an effort to do so here.

[-] Roshakk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Same for me, I maybe replied 4/5 times in many years on reddit and I feel I've engaged with more conversations in the 3 months I'm on lemmy. Maybe having a smaller community leaves out the "someone else will comment" attitude.

[-] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I think less people makes it harder to get lost so it’s worth commenting. If you sort Reddit by hot, there’s already thousands of comments and most likely no one is ever going to see your post. So why bother? Most of my posts on Reddit are in small subreddits for pretty much the same reason I comment more here.

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

Same as reddit but stopped using reddit after the spez BS

[-] Seudo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'd say less. Still finding my place here but the comment section seems more polarised than on Reddit. The recent Australian referendum for example. Any nuanced discussion is impossible (only in some instances I'm sure) because alternative opinions make you a racist according to the average (most vocal at least) commenter. It's sad because as in that instance and regardless of politics, it often means a bunch of white people dictating what is/isn't, true/false, wanted/needed... important.

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[-] Rottcodd@lemmy.ninja 4 points 1 year ago

Definitely.

I posted a fair amount on Reddit too, but mostly I'd just write something, then think about what was likely to happen if I actually posted it, then delete it.

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