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[โ€“] sunspider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hey! I'm keeping this as it's targeted at new users from Reddit. However, in future please find another community to post this on, because it is not related to the lemmy.world instance specifically.

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[โ€“] anas@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I don't lurk just to lurk, I just have nothing to say most of the time. Still waiting on the niche reddit communities I was a part of to make it here, if they ever do.

[โ€“] MostlyGhost@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same here! Though, I'm also a chronic upvoter, so I hope that makes up for it.

[โ€“] GatoB@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Upvoting is also important to make the best content appear on top

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[โ€“] Lemmington@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Be the change you want to see! In one week I've made more comments on here than the last two years on Reddit. If the communities you want don't exist, start them up and post the type of content you'd like to see.

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Ditto, feels like we are just standing around a big semi empty gymnasium waiting to find all the other weirdos who like what we like again.

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[โ€“] D3F4U1T_ARS@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Was a total lurker in reddit. No accounts, nothing. Just browsing the subreddits.

But I joined lemmy just to help the cause. And put up a good fight.

Yeah. I'm seeing myself using it more and more.

[โ€“] kool_newt@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's way better participating. I lurked on Reddit and things like it for years before I got the courage to speak up. I was so afraid of saying the wrong thing. Eventually I realized I'm not nearly the dumbest one, who cares lol.

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[โ€“] purplepony@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Full-time lurker here, I'm trying, but going from content consumption to content sharing is a weird mindset change.

[โ€“] TigerClawTV@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try starting small. Reply more. Little things like that. Everything helps. Remember that we are interested in what you have in your life that you would like to tell us about.

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[โ€“] kiriakos@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

lil fun fact: Participating in social media can actually boost your mental health, while lurking around out of FOMO, doomscrolling , whatever else can make you less happy.

source:https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/social-media-positive-mental-health/

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[โ€“] apollon@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think we stand a chance of bringing over the best parts of reddit while leaving behind all the negative aspects, I think a lot of people who lurked before (myself included, <4000 karma after 10 years) will be much more willing to engage here.

[โ€“] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It feels they way to me already. I think assholes are more likely to stay on reddit tbh. Lol

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[โ€“] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Getting from "I reddit" to "lemmy post that" is hard, but I agree it's necessary to grow the communities.

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[โ€“] s4if@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have been trying to upping my game from Liking to Commenting. Still didn't have Idea to post though, lol...

[โ€“] Confuzzeled@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I lurked reddit for years before I made my first comment. Some of the larger subreddits still feel so hostile I rarely posted on them. Enjoying the feel of this place though.

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[โ€“] idle@158436977.xyz 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I'm not interested in maintaining a community (I don't have the time to be a moderator), but I have been trying to comment as much as I can. Also, if you think you have something to post about, just make a post.

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[โ€“] paorzz@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I'm trying to comment more often, but I have anxiety issues. Baby steps.

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[โ€“] true_blue@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's what I've been trying to do myself. I'm really not an interactive kind of person on these online communities. I'm almost always a lurker, but I'm really trying to push myself to be more active, because I want an open-source and federated Reddit alternative (and ActivityPub in general) to succeed!

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[โ€“] skye@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (8 children)

i would post but for now i don't have anything to post. I was more of a commenter on reddit anyway

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[โ€“] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, for sure we need content, but it's not helping for all us Reddit refugees to start spamming crap. What's needed here is good content.

It will happen as all the new users get settled and comfortable. If Reddit is an example, there will always be fewer people who create posts than people commenting, and fewer people commenting than lurking. It's human nature.

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[โ€“] Voran@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd also like to post more but worry that I'm being narcissistic...Not everyone likes my weirdly-tuned ukulele music.

[โ€“] cornballdefense@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well no one's gonna get a chance to like it if you don't post! โ™ฅ๏ธ

[โ€“] Voran@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (9 children)
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[โ€“] Yabai@beehaw.org 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most users on any given platform are gonna be lurkers

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[โ€“] bquinlan@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not going to comment, just upvote. Wait...

[โ€“] Probably_a_witch15@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And I just upvoted yours. Upvote-ception?

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[โ€“] kzhe@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I lurked on reddit but uh I'll make an attempt to post more

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[โ€“] solivine@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (11 children)

If we comment even when we have nothing to say we end up with comments like 'this'

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[โ€“] quarterlotus@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That, and please stop talking about reddit so much, dear god. My feed is filled with reddit news, rather than the respective topics of each community I'm subscribed to.

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[โ€“] falconfetus8@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I enjoy writing comments, but not so much making posts. Does this make me a "partial" lurker?

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[โ€“] Mentrix@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

All the introverts: o.o'

[โ€“] dear_faye@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I wish I could just share my enthusiasm with everybody, but I get very anxious that what I'd find interesting people will find dull or maybe even troll... that's something I experienced with actual Reddit, I guess, and now it has carried over pretty much everywhere. I'll try my best because I want to contribute to a better experience not just for me but everybody!

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[โ€“] ngoomie@pawb.social 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've already been enjoying posting to Lemmy/etc much more than I ever did Reddit.

Reddit always felt so set-in-stone and unchanging to the point that it made me feel like I arrived "late" to the party even though my first Reddit account was in I think 2015. Once somebody claimed a subreddit with an easy-to-remember name that was largely it, and if you disagreed with their moderating style you had to suck it up or make your own with a more obtuse name.

With Lemmy since everything's decentralized it feels much more... I guess open? If someone makes a !gamedev community that has iffy moderation issues or whatnot, I or someone else can also make a !gamedev comm on another instance without it being a problem at all.

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[โ€“] stargazer@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

First comment on Lemmy, I'll try my best not to lurk! Really hoping to see this thrive.

I always mostly lurked on Reddit for years from fear of being judged, I struggle with anxiety and feel like I won't contribute anything.

[โ€“] GatoB@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Even commenting and upvoting is something

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[โ€“] UniversalHatred@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I made a community called cringeworld for fans of the old cringe subs

c/cringeworld

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[โ€“] Hyperslob@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (10 children)
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[โ€“] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

good point. For the first time ever I am now a mod - wish me luck. Re-introducing: /c/theyknew

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[โ€“] JCSpark@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I went from 15 years of lurking to making several communities and modding a couple others. This is definitely the most I've ever been engaged in online communications. I love it!

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[โ€“] crewman_princess@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've already made more comments and posts than I ever did on Reddit. I'm doing my part! o7

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[โ€“] altz3r0@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I have always been a lurker on reddit and most social media, but Lemmy does make me want to contribute with posting and commenting.

One thing I miss and intend to build as I get more time is indexes and big posts I saw in subreddits of my interest, it would be a good thing to start migrating to Lemmy, for example.

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[โ€“] carlyman@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also...DON'T MAKE TOO MANY COMMUNITIES!!! I know we all have our favorite niche subreddits that we'll miss, but we need to reach a critical mass with a core set...and then organically break out communities into more niche communities.

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[โ€“] LizardWizard@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (10 children)

It's definitely tough to break the lurking habits.

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[โ€“] ichschaunur@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let's face it. without shitposters and casuals a social network can't thrive. You need the chaotic energy it brings.

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[โ€“] dystop@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

More importantly, talk about stuff besides Reddit!

I tried using Voat 6(?) years ago when there was a similar (but smaller-scale) protest. The fact that a lot of Voat users were those chased out of hate subs was part of the problem, but the other part of the problem was that half the content was "look how much better we are than reddit".

Discussion about reddit is fine (it is still a big site), but we need our own content too.

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[โ€“] Tippy7228@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] pyska@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's also stop making self aware posts, and do memes and stuff. :)

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