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
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.
Oo oo I Wana try.
-edit- don’t use big pictures.
good to know!
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.
damn happy to have you here!
Ditto for RIF on Android dying. Lemmy will take some getting used to, but I refuse to support reddit for killing my user experience.
I’ll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.
I don’t often have anything to add, but here is my buddy.
unlurks
I like your puppy.
Me too!
Here’s my kitty cat Kirathat’s not a puppy, he’s too big
This is me not lurking
Watch me engage with someone
Watch me watch you engage with someone
This is all terribly engaging!
Oh hey how’s agoin
This is your friendly neighborhood deviant trying not to lurk
Engaging…
but i don’t have anything to say
other than fuck spez of course
'tis enough, friend!
Rip reddit :(
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.
I couldnt say it better. Social media must be controlled by the people using it. There is no other option except bad products promoting dangerous ideas to keep people rich.
Alright sir, I shall upvote and comment whenever I feel I have something useful to add!
It’s just basic Lemmyquette.
perfect!
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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
Let’s defeat the 90/9/1-rule!
What is this rule? I’ve never heard of it.
On any given social media site, 90% of people only lurk, 9% of people comment on content, and 1% of people post the actual content.
Wow. I can see how easy it is to assume “the norm” is what is that based on the twitter or reddit feeds when in reality that’s just 1% of people who bothered to speak up. I wonder if there’s a way to measure the same statistics on lemmy?
Yeah sounds about right
it’s a rule that says on average, 90% of users lurk, 9% edit/moderate/comment content, and 1% make the content. hopefully we can be better here than on Reddit which seems to be more like a 90/9.9/.1 kinda thing
Don’t tell me what to do!
Ah shit…
Ok, you win this round.
Just deleted all of my posts and a 12-year old reddit account. So long Reddit…
Same here. 14 years gone. :)
Now we are here and moving forward. Not to anyone reading be sure to check out other instances too!
Bluto: “Christ. Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the fucking Peace Corps.”
Same here! I’m excited to see how this community will grow
Hey now, I lurked on Reddit for years and it grew to be a huge success. I’m ready to repeat this bold strategy!
How does one comment here??
I don’t know either , will figure it out tomorrow
I’ve been on reddit for far longer than I’d care to admit. It’s been a weird feeling deleting all of my bookmarks and apps in an attempt to avoid just absently mindedly returning.
It’s hard being a lurker for so long, I only started interacting with a few smaller subreddits around sporting events and then within a year, all this crap started happening. Feel sorry for all the 3rd party developers, I used Boost and I’m glad I supported the developer over the years but can’t believe how they ended up being treated. Death to Reddit
