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Do your part, try not to lurk! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by bitsplease@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn't the thing that makes a social media site, it's the engagement

So even if you're used to lurking, try to get a little more active! Post memes, vote on posts, talk in the comments, whatever!

If people come here and see activity, content, and discussions, they're more likely to stay and contribute their own - if they come and see a ghost town, they'll just go back to reddit

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[–] thatjamesguy@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Not me!

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Ehm.. OK? Gosh, this is hard.

[–] lambdauser@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the way.

[–] dowvd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the way.

[–] ZebraGoose@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the way.

[–] AbruptLucidity@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the way

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[–] Lucy@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Ok here's a meme that is unrelated to anything we're discussing but always cracks me up:

[–] viptela_never_works@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

test post please don't ignore

[–] velvetThunder@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Shush! let me lurk....oh no

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I try but I rarely post. I did seem to kinda revive the !beeandpuppycat@lemm.ee community so that's dope. I hope people keep posting there.

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[–] Whisker@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just deleted all of my posts and a 12-year old reddit account. So long Reddit...

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Testing cross-instance posting from my own

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[–] Kaliax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Totally agree, we need to build for the long term. Engagement has power.

[–] KeefChief12@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Me not lurking

[–] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

There is no engagement algorithm; it's us :)

[–] BarneyKB@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is kinda exciting ngl

[–] Geometric7792@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I really, really hope the open internet takes off again

[–] confusedwiseman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I couldn’t agree more!

In effort to try to add value to posting, I found a mobile app for iPhone. It’s clearly in beta. I’m not associated with them at all, and I hope they don’t mind me posting the results of my Brave search.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/xQfmkJhc

[–] philz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Replying from the Mlem app!

Solid app so far, can’t wait to see future updates.

[–] pain_is_life_is_pain@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

You're right, I'll try. I enjoy reading, but often get overwhelmed with trying to respond, so I end up just giving up and not finishing my

[–] JMHershey125@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do we get any benefit from hosting our own Lemmy server? I am a tech nerd and love new IT projects. Sorry if this is off topic, please redirect me someplace else if there is a better thread to ask my question in.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The main benefit is being in total control of your experience on lemmy

If you're on someone else's server, you don't really have any control of federation, and your instance admins could just decide to defederate some instance that you enjoy seeing content from without your say. Similarly you may want to defederate from an instance, but on a public server you'd have to appeal to the admins to do so for the entire server.

Other than that it's mainly a "because it's cool" thing

[–] grandiosocrown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Agreed! I am curious with this, how did you guys find out about Lemmy? In my case, I was scrolling through Reddit and saw somebody talking about Lemmy. I researched a little bit and here I am! I would love to hear from y'all tho

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[–] PR_freak@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Granny always used to say if you have nothing clever to say it's better to stay silent

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