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
Cool, I didn’t know we could embed images in posts and they’d show up inline. I wonder how long that will last, haha.
good to know!
After 14 years on reddit I’m tired of watching it die, the death of Apollo is what pushed me over the edge, I loved Apollo. I’ve been browsing in here for the past few days. I like it. Trying to get used to it. Fuck reddit and u/spez all of the situation was trash. Thank you all for recommending this site!! I’m excited to be apart of it!
damn happy to have you here!
Ditto for RIF on Android dying. Lemmy will take some getting used to, but I refuse to support reddit for killing my user experience.
I’ve been looking for a viable alternative for years but nothing has ever stuck. Lemmy seems like it’s got enough community already that there should be some staying power.
Bringing spez back on as CEO was one of the worst decisions Reddit has made. kn0thing leaving was the last cliff too before the whole thing really went downhill.
Fuck spez for killing Apollo.
I’ll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.
I don’t often have anything to add, but here is my buddy.
unlurks
that’s not a puppy, he’s too big
Here’s my kitty cat KiraI like your puppy.
Me too!
This is me not lurking
Watch me engage with someone
Watch me watch you engage with someone
This is all terribly engaging!
This is your friendly neighborhood deviant trying not to lurk
Good job, you magnificent non-lurker!
Oh hey how’s agoin
but i don’t have anything to say
other than fuck spez of course
'tis enough, friend!
Rip reddit :(
Big time introverted lurker on reddit, since here is a much smaller community, I don’t feel so intimidated. I’ll try to be more active here. Let’s do this guys, let’s create a great place for all the Reddit Refugees. FUCK u/Spez!
FUCK u/Spez!
Hey now, /u/spez is a hero - without him, Lemmy would never have taken off like it has lol
Long time no see, Lemmy. I hope Reddit ending is for the best, and I hope all my precious communities migrate to open source software.
I couldnt say it better. Social media must be controlled by the people using it. There is no other option except bad products promoting dangerous ideas to keep people rich.
Hey now, I lurked on Reddit for years and it grew to be a huge success. I’m ready to repeat this bold strategy!
Was lurking on Reddit for 10 years, made just 9 comments that whole time; when there’s so much noise you don’t feel you have much to add to the conversation. But us lurkers have a chance to be heard in a growing community and help shape it in some way, gotta get out of my comfort zone I guess.
I often found that on the bigger subs on Reddit. The smaller subs is where I liked to make myself heard. Lemmy, right now, looks to be a similar size to some of those subs, so hopefully it should be a great place!
PS - this is my first post here!
I’m confused by Lemmy but also excited to try and help it grow.
Me too. It feels like early reddit stages trying to figure out what subreddits and whatnot are as a newcomer. I’m slowly getting the hang of it. The jerboa app has been cool too!
I feel like leaving reddit is a big change in my life. Hopefully, Lemmy takes off and remains a much more positive place.
I saw Lemmy has already grown a lot over the weekend and I’m all for it getting bigger! To be honest I also feel a lot more motivated to actually post here instead of lurk.
And the community seems super nice so far!
Good to have you here!
Same problem Mastodon had, the content consumers joined, but the content creators didn’t, so there was nothing on the platform to engage with.
And let’s be real, Lemmy is going to face the same fate when inevitably the Reddit protest ends in a couple days and everyone goes back to Reddit. Reddit is going to survive.
I think a massive difference between Twitter and Reddit is that Reddit isn’t very user-centric. It’s not about building a “personal brand” or amassing individual followings.
That’s why I believe a decentralized Reddit clone (akin to Lemmy) has a much larger chance of thriving.
Reddit will die when the 3rd party apps go dark. So just wait, everyone will be back on the 1st
I like Lemmy! I’ll add something to the conversation, just this once…
It’s hard being a lurker for so long, I only started interacting with a few smaller subreddits around sporting events and then within a year, all this crap started happening. Feel sorry for all the 3rd party developers, I used Boost and I’m glad I supported the developer over the years but can’t believe how they ended up being treated. Death to Reddit
