Lemmy

This is me not lurking

I'll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.

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Ok here's a meme that is unrelated to anything we're discussing but always cracks me up:

I'm doing my part! turns head towards camera

I lurk most of the time because most of the time i have nothing to say

Not lurking is such a hard habit to break. Especially with the way Reddit sorts comments, I'm so used to clicking into a thread to find some insightful discussion or hilarious joke that had already been made. But I'm trying my best, even by writing this comment!

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 lurked for years at Reddit before posting. Doing it here on the first day. doing it here on the first day

To be fair, I'm not sure if it helps to generate "fake" activity. IMHO the migration to lemmy will only work if the content will at least have a minimum amount of quality. Just posting random memes is probably not a good way to start.

After 10+ years of lurking on reddit I have commented five(?) times in one Lemmy week

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!

Woah, I'm lurkin' here!

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You're right, I'll try. I enjoy reading, but often get overwhelmed with trying to respond, so I end up just giving up and not finishing my

Here's my first comment on Lemmy. I always lurked on Reddit, but I'll try not to here!

In all seriousness: I am trying. Hard to break the habit of lurking. But on the other hand I'll often upvote something, so thats engagement right there :-)

edit: also since someone said "less memes" - I'd recommend you this watch on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

If you want me to comment, there will be SOME memes. Heck, look at OP's handle, how did you expect me NOT to do it? :O

I just wanted to say that I am impressed with the mentality here. Everyone seems so engaged (at least at first now) that Lemmy feels alive although we are relatively few people, still. That reminds me somewhat of the early stages of the internet, when everything was still new and you felt special for being part of something big blowing up. Keep it up and try not to create redundant communities on every instance!

I'm upvoting posts and comments, and I'm sporadically commenting in other users posts. But I'm still getting confidence to post things cause everything is new and I'm kinda insecure with the possibility of messing things up.

But....but...I like lurking.

You can't tell me what to do!

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.

Well, I did quite literally just get this instance set up, so I guess just posting random comments is necessary.

Interesting comment here, please upvote

I have no idea what I'm doing

Not just Lemmy as a Reddit alternative, but I've fallen in love with the Fediverse in general. It's kind of how I always imagined social media to be like, though it still has a ways to go and has been held back because "mainstream" platforms have monopolized users and power. I definitely want to be more active here.

Bro literally triggered lurkers

Will do

I'll try my best 😅

Another lurker here. Been well over a decade and this is the first time I feel like contributing again. Really hope the fediverse catches on this time.

I’ve always lurked on Reddit but I’ll try my best to comment more

Yeah I keep telling myself to comment. It really doesn't come naturally to me after years of lurking.

I just feel like I have nothing interesting to say:(

This is probably the first-ever post to surpass 1,000 upvotes.

I'll try my best not to be such a lurker. A fresh start on here might be what I need to get me out of my comfort zone.

I prefer to type my response then delete it without submitting.

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.

I've just created [email protected] and [email protected], does that count? :P