I lurked instead of commenting on Reddit because there was always that fear that the slightest poor word choice could result in the hounds being released. Secondary to that is often not having anything unique to add to a conversation. I have been trying to contribute more here.
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2023
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I suffered from the same sentiment, here's to building a better community!
Yeah, Reddit has me conditioned to be afraid of you guys. But I’ve been pleasantly surprised with all the positivity and friendliness on this post. Thanks everyone :)
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Welcome the circus. I read an interesting post that said Reddit has the bulk of the users for this type of social media, but the users who add value and post etc. are the ones you need. The users Lemmy needs to attract are not the crowd that lurks. It’s the crowd that posts and adds value. That is a much smaller group of users.
I wonder if Reddit hasn’t already started losing them. The post quality has dropped a bit and some of the comments are so confusing that it’s hard not to think they’re AI generated. They’re just nonsense.
Reddit has had a really bad (imo) bot problem for years. I'm sure at least some are AI generated comments trying to seem human, even if just to experiment with it.
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Here's something to consider: many of us were using reddit for several years. That's years of exploring, building, and bonding with communities. So when you come to Lemmy, don't expect that it will be a 100% replacement immediately. It takes time. Stick with it. Explore and post in different communities. Grow your usage gradually. You cannot reasonably expect to find everything you are looking for right away.
I mostly just enjoy reading varied opinions of others rather than having much to say, but I'll try to start responding more!
Reddit user of 10 years here, last day of being able to use Boost over there, so just starting to figure this place out!
I came from boost too. It's going to suck when I Google something that leads to Reddit and I can't "open in app" into boost.
Same here m8. I been using lemmy since yesterday and literaly just made this account 5 miutes ago since rif alreaddy stopped responding. Really liking lemmy right now, im kinda worried that its gona be kinda lonely for a while while more people start coming in if ever. Maybe something as scaled back as this is gonna be fine since political shit in reddit was getting kinda wild with subs like politics and whitepeopletwitter constantly flooding /all... started getting sick of it. And it seems that im here they are more calm on that front so thats a good sing i guess. But im rambling now so im just gonna wish you good luck and happy scroling.
Another lurker refugee from ~~redacted~~. I hope I can help a community grow.
I'm commenting.... Is that enough?
Yes, commenting on posts is almost more important than posting itself.
Figured I'd also throw out a first comment here to get the ball rolling and hopefully try and lurk less than I did on my previous ~10+ year old reddit account. Hello to all the other refugees! <3
Dyslexic lurkers of the world untie!
I have ~~sex daily~~ dyslexia
Dyslexics are teople poo
I'll join you. I was a 95% lurker on Reddit. Hopefully I can do more here. I also want more people to know how much of an asshole Spez is.
I had a 16 year old Reddit account and maybe commented 10 times. I’m here to contribute!
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Just signed up. Fingers crossed.
100% the same. I've been trying to post or comment at least once a day to make the daily active users number go up.
Either way I've already posted more on here than on Reddit, so that was an easy win for me.
I never comment and it's weird coming from reddit, but I really do hope this takes off. I love the fundamental ideas the federated universe or whatever operates on.
I lurk. I comment. I Lemmy.
Lemmy is life now. Lemmy is home. Lemmy lurk here please. 🙂
I'm still a little confused about how this place works, but im getting the hang of it.
This is actually more usable than I expected
If you want a community with training wheels and is open to general discussions, come say hi. Its a place where you can work past the fear of being downvoted or insulted. You are welcome here. 😀
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Hello, kind sers! I am here as a total noob, making my second comment. I am such a lemming (is this what we call ourselves?), hurr durr! Normally, i am a lurker who sometimes comments. But you're right, we need to throw coal on the gas, so it burns for longer and heats up the joint. I'm not particularly funny or insightful to create original content. That being said, where can i post random funny stuff i get from friends and/or have saved in my phone?
G'luck!
I've been more active on Lemmy the last fortnight than Reddit in months, Reddit's swarm of Facebook users had already killed the quality of the platform.
Lurk to avoid Downvotes...
This platform has a surprising potential, I hope more reddit users find this to increase the user base and content
Same here man. I’ve always lurked but since Apollo no longer works for Reddit here I am, hoping this community takes off?
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Very much the same goes for me. Have been lurking over there for more than ten years, sucking in all the information, content and memes that got uploaded. I won't be to active on Lemmy since old habits die hard but you never know. For a dezentralized future that holds true to the small guy!
Good luck!
I'm doing my part!
Is there a android app I could use?
You are can try Liftoff, see if that works for you, you can also try installing the lemmy site as PWA link from your mobile browser which is not bad tbh.
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Good luck! I'm also a 10-year chronic reddit lurker. Will do my best to be an active contributor to Lemmy. 😀
The communities I'm part of, are still not part of lemmy/kbin. I've decided to be a lurker via old.reddit and be an active contributor in Lemmy.
Hell yeah more interaction, more growth
Let's hope this doesn't fizzle out
Time to start posting
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