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submitted 1 year ago by bitsplease@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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

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[-] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago
[-] a1studmuffin@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] roi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

good to know!

[-] carrot@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago
[-] CrayonMaster@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Watch me engage with someone

[-] CruiseTheBlues@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Watch me watch you engage with someone

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[-] Skullfurious@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.

[-] mattc@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I don't often have anything to add, but here is my buddy.

[-] SQL_InjectMe@partizle.com 1 points 1 year ago

that's not a puppy, he's too big

[-] its4am@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Senseibull@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
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[-] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Don't tell me what to do, I'll engage when I'm ready >:(

hol up

[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] roi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] jatt@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Made an account 22 hours ago, been lurking around here and there, finally decided to post my first comment after reading this post. I'd like to get more involved, just trying to find my footing first. Speaking of - what app(s) is everyone using? I'm on Android, and just logged into Jerboa. Decent UI, not a fan of the flashing screen during transitions. Any recommendations on other apps? Thanks.

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[-] Mixo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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[-] nathanpc@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I won't lie, if you look at my Reddit profile you'll see that I've commented more here in the last couple of days than probably the last 3 years on Reddit. The community just feels more welcome and I feel as if my comment will get read instead of being drowned out as it happens on Reddit.

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[-] problem_chimp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Using the jeroboa app rn and it's fairly intuitive.

[-] Alexxxolotl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Alright... this marks the end of my lurking lifestyle then, I guess ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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

Testing cross-instance posting from my own

[-] dylan@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Trying my best! I have an account on lemmy.ml but with the increase in traffic I’m barely able to use it! Moving to this one which has already helped. Anyone reading this feel free to send a message and say hi!

[-] GraceGH@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if it wouldn't be wise to try and emulate some of the easier/more participatable subreddits here. Askreddit theads for instance are a big pull (even if they tend to be. well, redditors post on them use your imagination).

[-] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I think there already is an asklemmy on lemmy.ml

[-] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

There is no engagement algorithm; it's us :)

[-] Panda@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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!

[-] pain_is_life_is_pain@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

You're right, I'll try. I enjoy reading, but often get overwhelmed with trying to respond, so I end up just giving up and not finishing my

[-] JMHershey125@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Do we get any benefit from hosting our own Lemmy server? I am a tech nerd and love new IT projects. Sorry if this is off topic, please redirect me someplace else if there is a better thread to ask my question in.

[-] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The main benefit is being in total control of your experience on lemmy

If you're on someone else's server, you don't really have any control of federation, and your instance admins could just decide to defederate some instance that you enjoy seeing content from without your say. Similarly you may want to defederate from an instance, but on a public server you'd have to appeal to the admins to do so for the entire server.

Other than that it's mainly a "because it's cool" thing

[-] Lucy@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Ok here's a meme that is unrelated to anything we're discussing but always cracks me up:

[-] CodeCompost@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting comment here, please upvote

[-] viptela_never_works@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

test post please don't ignore

[-] velvetThunder@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

Shush! let me lurk....oh no

[-] G59@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

test comment please ignore

[-] foofiepie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hey people of the internet. So if I’m going to not lurk, and if I have a really weird sense of humour and am downright unfunny to most of my friends, where is my community here?

[-] Kaliax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Totally agree, we need to build for the long term. Engagement has power.

[-] setInner234@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Another lurker here. Been well over a decade and this is the first time I feel like contributing again. Really hope the fediverse catches on this time.

[-] SeerLite@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] operable0082@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Always a bad sign when one of the top comments is trying to compel users to engage.

[-] KeefChief12@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Me not lurking

[-] OrakMoya@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I lurk most of the time because most of the time i have nothing to say

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