If people use it and they don't post or comment, it could go dark

But if I comment then I'll break my 9 year record of being a lurker on social media!

FUCK SPEZ

Can’t we just upvote?

Plot twist: All of the "bot accounts" were actually a huge influx of Reddit users who were lurking. By removing the accounts / defederating with their instances, we've sent them all back to Reddit, ensuring Reddit can pull through the mass exodus.

But it's scary

This is not a strictly commercial network. Do we really need useless comments or posts just to increase some stats numbers? I'd think about quality contents instead.

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Lemmy only counts users who posted or commented as active users

You gotta post or comment!

^I'm a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^

But, I'm a lurker.

How is upvoting/downvoting not considered being active? :/

Doing my part

About 15 years ago many of us left Digg and migrated to Reddit because at that time it became kind of what Reddit is right now without even all the API shit going on.

I have been hoping for something to replace Reddit for a few years now but it seems like every possible alternative would instantly become populated by the alt-right, people who got evinced from other platforms, instead of free software loving geeks and their relatives.

Reddit actually gave us the kick in the butt that we needed to start anew and make something better. I wanted to fight, I made the subs I managed private and then NSFW but I realize it is not worth spending the energy.

We are the people who made Reddit great but there is no point in trying to keep it this ways, it isn't even great anymore anyway. Let's not be slaves to a company that only cares about profit and acts as if we need them while the truth is that they need us.

Trying to make Reddit better, at this point, is like volunteering for Microsoft instead of contributing to open-source projects with the hope that they will become less oriented toward profits.

This is already a place we can call our own, all we have to do is to furnish it and make it a nice place to be for those who understand why it is worthwhile to do so. It is not the actual owners of Reddit that made it great, quite the contrary even, they keep on making it worst. It is us, the users who made it great and we can do the same here.

I am pretty sure Aaron Swartz himself would tell us to leave the site he created if he could communicate from his grave. There is no point in wasting energy for a company that wants to sell us NFTs, virtual gifts and rewards. I never bought any of this shit anyway but I am going to make Lemmy a donation right now!

I mean, I've had a Reddit account for 13-14 years, maybe even longer, as I was a lurker who bookmarked different subreddits, prior to making an account. In those years, I have commented maybe 5 times in total. So you dont get to tell me what to do, and I certainly won't be commenting on this post.

Weird that votes don't count as activity. Oh well, here's me being active -- hope it helps.

Don't care.

Doing my part 🫡

I've never commented so much since I was on spez's den. On Reddit I was kind of intimidated most of the time because there would be already a lot of comments, and I feared I had nothing of substance to add.

Here there's less comments, but in this case I guess less is more. 😇

I've already posted more here than my last 4 years on Reddit.

Please drink water

I like trains.

Hard to do when a major app, Jerboa, can't do logins with a large instance, lemmy.world. I went through the trouble of making an account on the web just for versioning to make it unusable in app.

You're not my dad!

I guess I probably should start commenting. Just been lurking and trying to find my communities.

Sure, I guess I'm active, but I will go back to lurking

count me daddy lemmy

That sounds kinda self-sabotaging but ok. I shall comment!

Sorry I'll try harder!

I just feel like I don't have anything of value to add most of the time. I just enjoy lurking.

I didn't know that, how often does a user have to comment/post to be "active"? Are we only active the days we do it?

It ain't much...

Why do you think you need to be counted?

B - but my username

But what if I'm an introvert and like to lurk? Introverts unite! Separately! And in different places!

OK, guess I'll comment then.

In about 10 years on Reddit I made probably less than 5 comments and never posted. I think I already have more comments here in the past month, just a much better community and I actually feel like commenting more.

What about votes? Do they count as activity?

Y

You can't make me. Wait... shit...

YOU GOTTA GIVE!

Voting should count but fine I’ll comment

is upvote counted?

Voting on posts doesn't count as engagement?

eh. nice try. I'll stay lurkin'.

NO YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO

...wait, shit, I COMMENTED BUT NOT BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME TO

I don't like engaging with people... but I also feel the need to help Lemmy's numbers.... what to do.

I am an active user :)

Maybe we're all scared because reddit was full of mean assholes who called us names

It's me, I'm scared :( and why I won't miss reddit

I like to just browse but whatever. Hi.

You can't tell me what to do! You're not my manager!

Cereal goes before milk

hello fellow active users

I love lamp.

I'm trying to but i can't for some reason

How often? Does it effect my tax bracket? Can I bring a friend?

I prefer to lurk

"active users" is such a vague metric... each platform has its own rules for that, so it's meaningless (not to mention the obvious inflation of commercial ones, so comparison is useless in practice)

transparent data such as "# active posters", "# active commenters", "# active voters", etc makes a lot more sense if we are not thinking commercially (which I'm guessing is the whole point of independent communities such as fediverse). no need to impress anyone and the metrics become readable

Ok fine

Doing my part.

Fine Mom, you've guilted me into commenting.

I am currently posting or commenting

I’m a lurker here until I find my people. This is my first comment. Hello, Lemmy!

Also, WefWef is pretty amazing. I hope it goes full native iOS someday.

But I want to just lurk...😅

HOLD THAT DOOR!! HOLD THAT DOOR!! walks slowly to elevator

I have been and will continue to. Especially once Baconreader goes dark. This is my new home, reddit account already deleted.

Fuck spez

There. I commented. I have saved the internet

Nah I don't think I will.

So, now we're begging for low quality content (like this comment)?

Oh shit I only get one opportunity to say something witty and I just wasted

If I comment from another instance, does it count towards my instance or the instance the post was from?

I would like to but I don't know what to post :(

I'm a bit out of the loop, does just lurking mean you lose your account after a while or something?

This is the 21st comment since I started using Lemmy on this account

The gentry has landed

I'm doing my part!

Yeah here’s my part 🫡

Guess I can't be a lurker anymore then

I am doing my part..

Reporting for active duty 🎖️

Plus one active user.

Tbh, that's kinda dumb, up/down votes should be considered activity too

Lotta people give

Ok

We are the road crew!

How often do I need to comment?

You can't tell me what to do! Wait...

Posting

1 (doing my part)

Hi!

Lemming reporting in!

I'm helping!

I'm doing my part!

I am not getting notifications for replies to my comments on android, I have tried jerboa, summit, liftoff, thunder, and connect for lemmy

Am I missing something here? Are push notifications not implemented yet?

Always been a lurker but sounds like I gotta do my part!

Active user reporting in

Commenting just to be part of the statistic...

So you're saying to count as an active user I need to post or comment?

I’m active I’m active, damn!

What's this from?

I'm not worried about it, I'm not worried about any of it!

I used to be a lurker, but I find myself more encouraged to participate on Lemmy. This here is my THIRD comment in the last two days, which is a lot of engagement compared to my usual levels on Reddit.

I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

Hi

IM DOING MY PART!!

I am doing my part!

I'm an active user

I'm doing my part

I DIDNT DO FUCKIN SHIT!

What up, I'm Jared, I'm 19, and I never f***ing learned how to post

I’m doing my part

u can't tell me what to do

Big if true

On lemmy I've felt I can be more genuine when commenting instead of being worried on what to say

thas stupid

am I doing this right? can everyone hear me?

You gotta give!

Never.

I will literaly never post anything, even comments

Well might as well comment

This is good to know!

FWIW I've been on lemmy for a few weeks but this is the first time I've been able to post because the instance I joined didn't appear to be a login option on Jerboa. Looks like they added recently. Feels good to be able to contribute now.

Noted

I'm doing my part

Well then, let's add me to the count!

Definitely active now

Lurker reporting in 👋

Thia is a comment of an active user!

🫡 Doing my part, soldier.

Are you a cop? You gotta tell me if you're a cop. Right?

Doing my part

hello world

active lurker

I'm alive and lurking (mostly).

Weird, how's that?

What

Hi it's me, Active

Does it count if I'm a bot?

Shit, no lurking?

Damn please replace reddit

good!

well lets post and comment!