On reddit I was a lurker that posted like once or twice a year, but ever since joining lemmy I’ve started posting multiple times a day.

  • Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Yeah, but I’m still doing it on purpose to help the community grow. Somebody’s gotta fill this place with content, and at the end of the day that’s our job.

    Normally I’m more of a commenter exclusively unless I need the services of a specific community. (video game question usually) But the Lemmy project has sent me digging for all the best youtube stuff I’ve seen in basically the past decade and then finding the community to shove it in.

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        2 years ago

        You should share the thing that you’re most terrified to share with others and i bet its not boring… for e.g… maybe you like to eat boogers… i am sure lots of people will be like… holy hell man… and they will be repulsed … but it won’t be boring. Then you could start a niche community of booger eaters and this community could share stories and recipes… and that sir or miss… is how you contribute instead of lurking.

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    2 years ago

    What I like about Lemmy is, that you don’t need to be one of the first comments to interact with people. On Reddit you would easily be buried somewhere at the bottom but most Lemmy posts I see have a really nice comment section. People are more likely to see your comment because the posts don’t have hundreds of comments but there are still enough comments to start a conversation. I also love that I can have conversations stretched over days. I don’t browse Lemmy often. I don’t need to feel bad when I answer something a day later.

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      2 years ago

      Why do you think there was allways such a dog pile comments wise on Reddit vs Lemmy?

      Do you think it’s just due to the amount of users?

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      2 years ago

      We need you, too. As long as you’re upvoting and downvoting, you’re helping curate content.

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    2 years ago

    Well I’m just new here. I posted a lot on Reddit. But I have to say, I’m running across some new forums (or whatever they’re called here) at least one or two a day with hugely interesting discussion. Subscribe subscribe subscribe…I thought my Reddit interest list was pretty solid.

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    2 years ago

    I absolutely did, at least for commenting. Partly because I want to create traffic for Lemmy, and partly because it feels just… Nicer here. More genuine interaction, less quippy one liners or insults.

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    2 years ago

    Same here, every post feels like I’m making a small contribution to a platform which I really want to succeed.

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    2 years ago

    The interactions feel more authentic here. Sometimes I would read a single comment chain where multiple people were talking about separate subjects and somehow still having a conversation. It made my head hurt.

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      2 years ago

      I think you might be referring to bots. They are definitely being written and will become an increasing problem. I don’t see a great solution to that.

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        2 years ago

        You’re right, that’s a problem. It’s hard to tell but I also wonder how many children were replying.

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    2 years ago

    Me and my people are powered by spite. I am going to try and be more active to help everything along so that reddit may die.

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    2 years ago

    It’s a bit ironic that I’ve seen this exact same post about three times already. Apparently you’re the only one posting stuff.
    Or maybe I don’t know how Lemmy works.

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      2 years ago

      Default sort for posts is “active”.

      So older threads show up on the front page, and because that’s what people see first, it’s what they comment on.

      Which keeps the post on “active” for longer.

      You may want to sort by “new” or “top hour”/“top 6 hours” to see newer posts.

      More people doing that and engaging with newer posts means they’ll show up on the default “active” sort.