Posting is essential to get this community up and running so thanks!

Yep!

Definitely true for me. I was a pure lurker on Reddit. Now with Lemmy I try to engage a lot more. This place needs to come to life (and I feel like we’re doing well, so far).

I literally haven’t posted anything on reddit since the blackout. All of my posting has been in the fediverse…

I think actually feeling like you are being seen is a big factor for me. I felt buried in Reddit and so far this community just feels right. I really do hope it stays that way.

this place is just way nicer than reddit, don’t see as many arguments over nothing here

I’m definitely doing better but nothing crazy like multiple times a day😳 good on you for providing content

Was a lurker on most subreddits, a lot of things I wanted to comment likely had been said so I would just upvote them. Whilst right now (still getting my head round the instances), I feel more inclined to comment when there are low comment volumes.

@SoLowChoLowRider I agree i was a forever lurker but now i actually want to try and post and interact.

Seems like there’s more reason to participate here. I may end up posting more, but several of my posts returned in error. Server issues, I assume, but frustrating when I’d have to rewrite everything.

Absolutely. It’s too easy to get lost in large communities. Smaller communities let you get heard.

I didn’t make posts all that often on reddit, but I definitely commented a fair amount. The problem I’ve got with lemmy right now is there’s not as much discussion about stuff I’m interested in, so I’m mainly just looking at All instead of keeping to my subscribed communities.

I got banned for ‘ban evading’, so I’m glad to post again.

I had 2 accounts (one for school/comp Sci, one for everything else) I insulted a mod in a larger sub and got banned on account A. Forgot I was banned from it and commented on the sub it with account B. This was around winter/spring when they were testing new ban tools and got full ban on current/new accounts I make so I’ve been loving Lemmy so far.

Definitely more prolific thus far considering all the communities I’ve found on Lemmy so far are for hobbies and interests, and not just the slew of assorted cat pic subreddits I was subscribed to on Reddit. I’m sure the latter will come in time though.

I was mostly a lurker on Reddit, but the smaller community on Lemmy has made it so others actually see my comments. On Reddit they would just get lost in the thousands of other comments.

There are definite upsides to having a smaller community.