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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    1 year 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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      1 year ago

      Same here. I have a 9 year account on Reddit with only a few hundred posts and karma; by the time I found something worth posting about anything I posted would either drown out in the noise or essentially already be posted.

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        1 year ago

        the worst part is you’d almost always end commenting in a thread that gets deleted due to rules etc if you tried to get ahead of the curve and comment in a brand new post. I’m way more active here because I’m trying to help build the community.

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

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        Plus lemmy only counts users who have posted or commented as an active user. So making at least one comment is helpful to gain traction.

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        Yeah, they’re actually the backbone of the community. We’re not the power that keeps the trolls at bay, they are.

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    Agreed. It’s a smaller community and easier to feel seen. I’ve probably already posted more here than I ever have on Reddit.

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    1 year ago

    Always felt unwelcome posting anything on reddit. Lemmy is new enough and filled with people who are nice enough to make feel like I wont get yelled at for commenting or posting.

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    1 year 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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    1 year 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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    1 year ago

    I used to be an avid participant on reddit, but haven’t been for a long time. Now on Lemmy, I feel like participating again.

    I think it’s because it’s on us to make this a great place now. Like, we can’t just migrate and be silent. Or migrate and be assholes. We come here, we gotta participate positively, so I’m just doing my part.

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    definitely find smaller sites like lemmy easier to post on since its much easier to repeat yourself on reddit and perhaps more modded so i refrain from saying a lot of stuff?

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    1 year ago

    I’m in this boat. I just want to see lemmy succeed as a legit Reddit alternative.

    Edit: WefWef has made me feel right at home, coming from the Apollo app. If you haven’t tried it, check it out! (https://wefwef.app)