We can make this a great interesting place and more people will join

  • Sun-Spider
    31·
    2 年前

    Hey! I’m keeping this as it’s targeted at new users from Reddit. However, in future please find another community to post this on, because it is not related to the lemmy.world instance specifically.

  • Anas
    98·
    2 年前

    I don’t lurk just to lurk, I just have nothing to say most of the time. Still waiting on the niche reddit communities I was a part of to make it here, if they ever do.

      • GatoBOP
        251·
        2 年前

        Upvoting is also important to make the best content appear on top

        • mantisteabaggin
          12·
          2 年前

          Upvoting isn’t working for me. I click it, watch it change, then after about 2 seconds the upvote goes away.

          • Ash
            14·
            2 年前

            I was having the same problem, but if you refresh the page it should stay blue :)

            This also works if your comments aren’t appearing.

      • QuarterSwede
        2·
        2 年前

        And comment if you even have something remotely decent to say. And add a profile picture.

    • Lemmington@sopuli.xyz
      28·
      2 年前

      Be the change you want to see! In one week I’ve made more comments on here than the last two years on Reddit. If the communities you want don’t exist, start them up and post the type of content you’d like to see.

    • WillNeverCommentV2@lemmy.film
      14·
      2 年前

      Ditto, feels like we are just standing around a big semi empty gymnasium waiting to find all the other weirdos who like what we like again.

    • bad_alloc@feddit.de
      81·
      2 年前

      I only lurked on reddir but here saying something feels more impactful somehow. Post some fleeting thoughts to begin with, it helps to pump up our rookie numbers.

  • Sunny:)
    48·
    2 年前

    Full-time lurker here, I’m trying, but going from content consumption to content sharing is a weird mindset change.

    • TigerClawTV
      19·
      2 年前

      Try starting small. Reply more. Little things like that. Everything helps. Remember that we are interested in what you have in your life that you would like to tell us about.

    • GatoBOP
      6·
      2 年前

      I also was a lurker but making content can be fun

    • bloodsangre7
      3·
      2 年前

      The barrier to entry is way lower in a community this size. You don’t have to have the most witty thing to say or the hottest meme to share. Your comments and posts will probably be seen by more people than in the “viral or bust” of a bigger site. It’s a totally different kind of usage and definitely makes me feel more engaged

      • Sunny:)
        4·
        2 年前

        Yeah, I’m realizing that and it feels great.

  • apollon
    47·
    2 年前

    I think we stand a chance of bringing over the best parts of reddit while leaving behind all the negative aspects, I think a lot of people who lurked before (myself included, <4000 karma after 10 years) will be much more willing to engage here.

  • A.R.S
    431·
    2 年前

    Was a total lurker in reddit. No accounts, nothing. Just browsing the subreddits.

    But I joined lemmy just to help the cause. And put up a good fight.

    Yeah. I’m seeing myself using it more and more.

    • kool_newt@beehaw.org
      18·
      2 年前

      It’s way better participating. I lurked on Reddit and things like it for years before I got the courage to speak up. I was so afraid of saying the wrong thing. Eventually I realized I’m not nearly the dumbest one, who cares lol.

      • A.R.S
        10·
        2 年前

        Agreed.

        For me it wasn’t about fear. I was just too lazy to make an account XD

        But yeah, participating is more fun than watching for sure.

    • wheresyourshoe
      5·
      2 年前

      I’m really liking it, too. I was fairly active commenting on Reddit, was a user for over 15 years, but this feels good.

    • okfuskee
      9·
      2 年前

      I’m guilty of said doom scrolling. I’m gonna do a thing though and break the cycle! :)

  • paorzz
    35·
    2 年前

    I’m trying to comment more often, but I have anxiety issues. Baby steps.

    • B4tid0English
      9·
      2 年前

      Okey , the way you wrote that pretty neat chief

  • s4if
    32·
    2 年前

    I have been trying to upping my game from Liking to Commenting. Still didn’t have Idea to post though, lol…

  • idle@158436977.xyz
    30·
    2 年前

    I’m not interested in maintaining a community (I don’t have the time to be a moderator), but I have been trying to comment as much as I can. Also, if you think you have something to post about, just make a post.

    • Astrovenator
      5·
      2 年前

      Same. What’s kinda nice is that unlike reddit there aren’t a hundred posts saying what you wanted to say already, so you don’t feel like you are being drowned out

    • scutiger
      3·
      2 年前

      Agreed, I want to participate, but I have neither the time, nor the desire to be a moderator. I’ve subbed to a bunch of communities so far, but there are also lots that I would subscribe to that don’t exist yet. Or maybe they exist somewhere, but finding them is not obvious.

    • Mallowmarsh
      2·
      2 年前

      I’m on mobile on an iPhone and it really does not like it. I was only able to create an account through my iPad, and the page froze when I tried to comment on my iPhone (it still went through though).

      Anyways, as confused as I am about this fediverse stuff, I really like it here and will try to comment and post when I can!

      • boogers19@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 年前

        I thought it was working alright in Edge on iphone. It was definitely looking better then old.reddit does on any iphone browser.

        But you can get the Mlem app thru the Test Flight app on iphone. It’s still being developed so it’s a bit rough. But it’s showing a whole lot of potential.

      • TheCheddarCheese
        1·
        2 年前

        yeah the iphone site sucks. i cant even download the app bc you have to be 18 to use testflight.

  • dystop
    30·
    2 年前

    More importantly, talk about stuff besides Reddit!

    I tried using Voat 6(?) years ago when there was a similar (but smaller-scale) protest. The fact that a lot of Voat users were those chased out of hate subs was part of the problem, but the other part of the problem was that half the content was “look how much better we are than reddit”.

    Discussion about reddit is fine (it is still a big site), but we need our own content too.

  • Solivine
    27·
    2 年前

    If we comment even when we have nothing to say we end up with comments like ‘this’

  • True Blue@sh.itjust.works
    27·
    2 年前

    That’s what I’ve been trying to do myself. I’m really not an interactive kind of person on these online communities. I’m almost always a lurker, but I’m really trying to push myself to be more active, because I want an open-source and federated Reddit alternative (and ActivityPub in general) to succeed!

    • GatoBOP
      9·
      2 年前

      That is the mentality that everyone should have

    • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
      5·
      2 年前

      Same. I was a long time lurker on Reddit, but hardly posted. Even on alts. Now I’m trying to be more active and upvoting since that helps drive engagement or whatever.

      I also want more open source in life, in general so I will be out here attempting to pause my introvertness for the cause.

      • Turbosforsatan
        3·
        2 年前

        Yeah same here, never felt comfortable posting on Reddit, but so far lemmy feels safe enough to get more involved with.

  • bluemoose
    281·
    2 年前

    I’m a bit of an introvert, even online. But HEY look at me participating here with my first ever lemmy comment! Small steps, right?

  • kzhe
    26·
    2 年前

    I lurked on reddit but uh I’ll make an attempt to post more