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Do your part, try not to lurk! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by bitsplease@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Christoph@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay, hello ♥️

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[–] samta@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i suppose i will not lurk

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[–] LiGuangming1981@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Just downloaded and installed Jerboa on my phone. This is me trying to do my part to help out a user-friendly Reddit replacement.

[–] buddwm@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

[–] Geometric7792@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really like kbin.social, but it's hard for me to figure out how to start a new Threaded post. I can add a new "article" or "link", but what about just a text post?

Also I am not sure how my home feed is populated - I can subscribe to federated stuff and local stuff, but most of what I'm seeing is not from anything I've subscribed to. Is it more like r/popular?

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[–] ManateeManny@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Scraped my reddit account and here to post Manatee!

[–] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There is no engagement algorithm; it's us :)

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[–] Caaaaarrrrlll@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] dontcarebear@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Someone will always phrase my thoughts better than me, or say it first, so I rather not.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

That's my point though! I felt the same way often on reddit, but on Lemmy, there are few enough people to where you're much more likely to be the only person commenting with that particular take on things. So share your thoughts!

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[–] wow560@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Finally I can speak instead of fearing bots and lurkers.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Testing cross-instance posting from my own

[–] Leer10@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

hello!

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[–] Stealth@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Is there any Android app that looks exactly like the website? I absolutely love the UI of the website but I prefer apps.

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[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I find it really hard not to lurk. So much so that the one time I got banned from a subreddit, I immediately unsubscribed from it because I knew someday I'd see something I wanted to respond to there and not being able to would be super annoying.

[–] Mr_Smash@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] thousandecibels@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Well I am somewhat of a lurker myself and came to know about lemmy recently. Commenting here for engagement and gonna try to be more active from now on.

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