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
If you just quit reddit because they dropped support for same mobile application there is a lot you should learn. Learn what free software is https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software learn about Aaron Swartz.
I don’t understand. I love free software more than the average person, but I choose the communities I belong to based on more things than the license of the underlying technology. What else do I need to learn?
Don’t tell me what to do, I’ll engage when I’m ready >:(
hol up
This is me not lurking
Watch me engage with someone
Watch me watch you engage with someone
This is all terribly engaging!
This is your friendly neighborhood deviant trying not to lurk
test comment please ignore
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.
Hey people of the internet. So if I’m going to not lurk, and if I have a really weird sense of humour and am downright unfunny to most of my friends, where is my community here?
Yarp.
I got a reply!
Totally agree, we need to build for the long term. Engagement has power.
Using the jeroboa app rn and it’s fairly intuitive.
Alright… this marks the end of my lurking lifestyle then, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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.
but i don’t have anything to say
other than fuck spez of course
Always a bad sign when one of the top comments is trying to compel users to engage.
Me not lurking
This is kinda exciting ngl
I really, really hope the open internet takes off again
Trying my best! I have an account on lemmy.ml but with the increase in traffic I’m barely able to use it! Moving to this one which has already helped. Anyone reading this feel free to send a message and say hi!
hello, fellow human!