I’m really hoping the Lemmy community reaches its potential! But to achieve that, I realize it’s important to contribute to the content. As a chronic Reddit lurker, I’m going to do my best to comment and post to help this platform grow. It’s hard to break the habit of being a creepy voyeur after 10 years. Wish me luck!
I lurked instead of commenting on Reddit because there was always that fear that the slightest poor word choice could result in the hounds being released. Secondary to that is often not having anything unique to add to a conversation.
I have been trying to contribute more here.
Yeah, Reddit has me conditioned to be afraid of you guys. But I’ve been pleasantly surprised with all the positivity and friendliness on this post. Thanks everyone :)
Fear wasnt ill founded. Jannies where wild back there. I got banned various times for getting into heathed arguments. Some as ridicolous as benches (im not joking). First time whas due to swearing but al the other ones didnt have swears. Im kinda scared right in this site since its new ground for me and dont whant to blew it since i wanna stay here for a while
A very interesting insight--thanks for helping me understand the lurker dynamic/psychology. I guess I've felt the fear: many times I've composed a post or comment--and then backed out for fear of having to deal with a shit show as a result. Being a solo mod might have some advantages in that way...
Welcome the circus. I read an interesting post that said Reddit has the bulk of the users for this type of social media, but the users who add value and post etc. are the ones you need. The users Lemmy needs to attract are not the crowd that lurks. It’s the crowd that posts and adds value. That is a much smaller group of users.
I wonder if Reddit hasn’t already started losing them. The post quality has dropped a bit and some of the comments are so confusing that it’s hard not to think they’re AI generated. They’re just nonsense.
Reddit has had a really bad (imo) bot problem for years. I'm sure at least some are AI generated comments trying to seem human, even if just to experiment with it.
Here's something to consider: many of us were using reddit for several years. That's years of exploring, building, and bonding with communities. So when you come to Lemmy, don't expect that it will be a 100% replacement immediately. It takes time. Stick with it. Explore and post in different communities. Grow your usage gradually. You cannot reasonably expect to find everything you are looking for right away.
Same here m8. I been using lemmy since yesterday and literaly just made this account 5 miutes ago since rif alreaddy stopped responding. Really liking lemmy right now, im kinda worried that its gona be kinda lonely for a while while more people start coming in if ever. Maybe something as scaled back as this is gonna be fine since political shit in reddit was getting kinda wild with subs like politics and whitepeopletwitter constantly flooding /all... started getting sick of it. And it seems that im here they are more calm on that front so thats a good sing i guess. But im rambling now so im just gonna wish you good luck and happy scroling.
Figured I'd also throw out a first comment here to get the ball rolling and hopefully try and lurk less than I did on my previous ~10+ year old reddit account. Hello to all the other refugees! <3
I never comment and it's weird coming from reddit, but I really do hope this takes off. I love the fundamental ideas the federated universe or whatever operates on.
If you want a community with training wheels and is open to general discussions, come say hi. Its a place where you can work past the fear of being downvoted or insulted. You are welcome here. 😀
Hello, kind sers! I am here as a total noob, making my second comment. I am such a lemming (is this what we call ourselves?), hurr durr!
Normally, i am a lurker who sometimes comments.
But you're right, we need to throw coal on the gas, so it burns for longer and heats up the joint.
I'm not particularly funny or insightful to create original content. That being said, where can i post random funny stuff i get from friends and/or have saved in my phone?
I've been more active on Lemmy the last fortnight than Reddit in months, Reddit's swarm of Facebook users had already killed the quality of the platform.
Very much the same goes for me. Have been lurking over there for more than ten years, sucking in all the information, content and memes that got uploaded. I won't be to active on Lemmy since old habits die hard but you never know. For a dezentralized future that holds true to the small guy!
I believe the only iOS client right now is Mlem. It is in beta, which means you need to install it through TestFlight. I just did this and it’s actually really easy.
You are can try Liftoff, see if that works for you, you can also try installing the lemmy site as PWA link from your mobile browser which is not bad tbh.
I'm using Connect for Lemmy on android and I'm fairly happy with it. I've been seeing people say Liftoff is good too. I'm just waiting for the developer of Reddit Sync to finish his app.
If you're on ios, I've been hearing good things about wefwef.
Use Wefwef and search for communities either the same name as your old Reddit communities. Many of the old communities have been ported and are starting to grow!
I agree, and I want to post things, but I've recently become a parent of twins, and they dominate my life. The only thing I have to post is pics of my kids. That's not good content. This isn't Facebook, Nobody here wants that.
I agree (This is my first comment, and I am doing it so that I would be counted amongst the active members of lemmy - lemmy only counts ppl who have posted or commented as active users)
hopefully lemmy keeps growing, id love something like this to become mainstream as i think it has more potential to do so than linux for example as thats a bigger commitment than a new social app that lots of people can adopt quickly once there are more/better mobile clients
I was a chronic reddit lurker as well, and I really love Lemmy and want to post more. It's so much fun to find communities I used to lurk at and actually post on them now :)