this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was lurking on Reddit for 10 years, made just 9 comments that whole time; when there's so much noise you don't feel you have much to add to the conversation. But us lurkers have a chance to be heard in a growing community and help shape it in some way, gotta get out of my comfort zone I guess.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s a bit difficult getting into Lemmy and the feediverse I gotta say. But after looking around for a while I really like how things work here, compared to reddit

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I used to lurk a lot of subreddits but I guess that will be no longer. RIP Reddit. Long live Lemmy!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not lurking. You are!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

I can't seem to post an image in a comment, does anyone else get the same?

SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data

I wanted to post the starship troopers "I'm doing my part" meme

EDIT: I think it's my local instance.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I feel like leaving reddit is a big change in my life. Hopefully, Lemmy takes off and remains a much more positive place.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Trying my best! I'm trying to decide if I want to open my instance up to more users or not as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Agreed! I am curious with this, how did you guys find out about Lemmy? In my case, I was scrolling through Reddit and saw somebody talking about Lemmy. I researched a little bit and here I am! I would love to hear from y'all tho

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well, I already voted and commented more here then I ever did on Reddit, so that should work out :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lurk, Mom! No Reddit!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Gladly! (now that I finally figured out how to comment in Jerboa) 👍

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hello. Im seeing if this reply works. I honestly only ever lurked so I don't really know how this works but this post resonated with me so time to come out of the shell.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'll try not to lurk, even though I'm use to lurking.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is the light for all the reddit lurkers! We will get there!

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