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Add to it, some of us habitual lurkers (me for example) find it not as meaningless to comment. Didn't want to do it often because most comments get buried and it would feel empty and kinda pointless.
I havenβt been able to quite put my finger on why Iβm commenting more here and this nailed it.
Yep, I can now see how much of a cesspool Reddit has become when going back and forth between the two platforms. Part of me wants to see the platform grow bigger and bigger, but I fear the same will eventually happen if it gets bigger.
This kind of social media actually seems to work better with smaller communities. Reddit used to have some great niche subs.
I was also a lurker in "the other place", but convinced myself to participate here since I wanted to help lemmy feel "alive". Now I really like it and comment regularly.
I'm right there with you guys, would rarely comment on Reddit, but lemmy has been so great and I want to help it flourish as much as I can.
Definitely feels more comfortable here. At first, I thought I wanted all the other refugees to come here and recreate Reddit. But after a few days, I kind of hope no more do. It's such a nice place here as is.
Not only is it a nice place, but the general vibe feels way more wholesome that the other platform.
same here, I joined lemmy just a few hours ago and it already seems so much better than what reddit has become now.
I was also a habitual lurker. In all my time there I posted maybe 3 comments and that was only because I wanted to be helpful and I knew the answer to very specific questions.
I'm not a very confident person in my interactions with other people, but got inspired by others like yourself that I should be the change I want to see (or something like that, I'm paraphrasing). So I took a deep breath and just started posting whenever I had an opinion, or thought of something that tickled my funny bone. And I have to say I'm enjoying it so far, people are positive and I love the sense of community I'm feeling.
I'm glad I took that step.
That's fine too. You should do what you feel comfortable with.
This, most of my reddit feed has posts with thousands of comments already. Here, I feel more a part of the conversation.
I love how the number of upvotes on this comment speak to the point your making. And now so am I (former lurker)
Same here m8.
Habitual reddit lurker checking in! Commenting on Lemmy bc I want to be a part of something. So far everyone here has been very nice.
I have lurked for over a decade on Reddit and finally see value in commenting/posting on Lemmy because the engagement is great!
That's why you gotta hijack comments that are already upvoted.