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

  • Scavenger_Solardaddy@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    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!

    • bitsplease@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      FUCK u/Spez!

      Hey now, /u/spez is a hero - without him, Lemmy would never have taken off like it has lol

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    2 years 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.

    • Aiden@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 years 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.

  • Badger@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Hey now, I lurked on Reddit for years and it grew to be a huge success. I’m ready to repeat this bold strategy!

  • foofiepie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years 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?

  • vepro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I think, for mass appeal lemmy will ultimatively need communities for popular topics (games, trends, etc.), which can bring in lots of new users. From what I’ve seen so far the topics are still rather niche, or can’t compete with identical communites on major platforms. When the traction starts getting big enough, it might just run on its own.

    This comment is also more or less a test, trying out the platform.

    • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      we all know its going to take a while, but the years of work behind ActivityPub and real world implementatiins like Lemmy are beginning to bear fruit - for the benefit of us all.

      you’re here right now. that says a lot.

      • vepro@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I first saw lemmy a few months ago, but forgot about it. The recent Reddit events have sparked interest again, and I am feeling adventurous. Major Social media platforms seem to collapse / mess up one after the other now, and the concept behind federation is very intriguing (especially that part that even different applications can communicate with each other thanks to ActivityPub).

  • Panda@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years 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!