We can make this a great interesting place and more people will join
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.
Same here! Though, I’m also a chronic upvoter, so I hope that makes up for it.
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.
Full-time lurker here, I’m trying, but going from content consumption to content sharing is a weird mindset change.
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.
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I also was a lurker but making content can be fun
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
Yeah, I’m realizing that and it feels great.
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.
lil fun fact: Participating in social media can actually boost your mental health, while lurking around out of FOMO, doomscrolling , whatever else can make you less happy.
source:https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/social-media-positive-mental-health/
I’m guilty of said doom scrolling. I’m gonna do a thing though and break the cycle! :)
Interesting, thanks for linking (see, I’m trying to engage and not just lurk)
Getting from “I reddit” to “lemmy post that” is hard, but I agree it’s necessary to grow the communities.
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.
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.
I tried to move over to Voat but it very quickly turned into a cesspit.
It’s almost as if making a site dedicated to people too racist, sexist, antisocial, etc, for even Reddit’s lax moderation policies, was a bad idea.
And that’s before it became a central hub for literal treason.
I just made a version of one of my favourite subs, which I think most people could contribute to: !hypotheticalsituation@lemmy.sdf.org
I forgot all about voat.
I’m hopeful that large scale subs going dark will help us. That and being forced off of 3rd party apps.
the community here is doing a decent job - I think it’s just whether we can all continue to engage actively here (and not get up to shenanigans like defederating from everyone else ahem)
Oh man, I forgot about Voat. That place was… interesting for a little while.
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!
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?
Same with me. For what it’s worth, the people here seem genuinely nice. :D
i’m also joining the first comment train, choo choo!
This is my first comment too! I’ll try engaging with others more despite the fact I also lurk a lot on Reddit :D
I am too but hey, look you inspiring me to comment too! Honestly I do try to comment but I’m more determined than ever to lurk less and engage more!
i would post but for now i don’t have anything to post. I was more of a commenter on reddit anyway
I wish I could just share my enthusiasm with everybody, but I get very anxious that what I’d find interesting people will find dull or maybe even troll… that’s something I experienced with actual Reddit, I guess, and now it has carried over pretty much everywhere. I’ll try my best because I want to contribute to a better experience not just for me but everybody!
I’d also like to post more but worry that I’m being narcissistic…Not everyone likes my weirdly-tuned ukulele music.
Also…DON’T MAKE TOO MANY COMMUNITIES!!! I know we all have our favorite niche subreddits that we’ll miss, but we need to reach a critical mass with a core set…and then organically break out communities into more niche communities.
Yes, this is key, fewer but more vibrant communities rather than many mostly empty ones.
Yes, for sure we need content, but it’s not helping for all us Reddit refugees to start spamming crap. What’s needed here is good content.
It will happen as all the new users get settled and comfortable. If Reddit is an example, there will always be fewer people who create posts than people commenting, and fewer people commenting than lurking. It’s human nature.
Most users on any given platform are gonna be lurkers
