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
I’ll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.
This is me not lurking
Watch me engage with someone
Watch me watch you engage with someone
This is all terribly engaging!
Good words brother.
Watch me engage with someone
Oh yeah? watch me engage with someone.
Watch me reply to a random comment.
Hey that’s my favorite sublemmy, very engaging stuff
This is your friendly neighborhood deviant trying not to lurk
Socialization? Socialization.
//HERE_WE_GO_AGAIN//
congratulations! This is my first post on lemmy!
My first comment Hello world!
Engaging…
Oh hey how’s agoin
Hello Fellow Human
Good job, you magnificent non-lurker!
Cool, I didn’t know we could embed images in posts and they’d show up inline. I wonder how long that will last, haha.
Oo oo I Wana try.
-edit- don’t use big pictures.
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good to know!
“Would you like to know more?”
This is a great sign! The community is so healthy that somebody has already made the reference that I wanted to make.
test comment please ignore
Ok here’s a meme that is unrelated to anything we’re discussing but always cracks me up:
I lurk most of the time because most of the time i have nothing to say
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!
I’m doing my part! turns head towards camera
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 just feel like I have nothing interesting to say:(
Woah, I’m lurkin’ here!
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.
I lurked for years at Reddit before posting. doing it here on the first day
Same. I’m a long time lurker, but I definitely feel like it’s worth stepping out and helping get some engagement.
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!
I won’t lie, if you look at my Reddit profile you’ll see that I’ve commented more here in the last couple of days than probably the last 3 years on Reddit. The community just feels more welcome and I feel as if my comment will get read instead of being drowned out as it happens on Reddit.
