this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023

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

submitted 2 years 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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[–] Adi2121@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I'm doing my part! - shamelessly copied from somebody else

[–] lixus98@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Yes! We want to read what you have to say!

[–] Panda@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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!

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[–] ZenkorSoraz@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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[–] noisy@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I've been on reddit for far longer than I'd care to admit. It's been a weird feeling deleting all of my bookmarks and apps in an attempt to avoid just absently mindedly returning.

[–] doctorcherry@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

You’re right lemmy could take off provided people engage. The transition is primed for thanks to Twitter educating us about the fediverse.

[–] Sillyman@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How does one comment here??

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[–] Lemmy_C_That@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Got to look around 1st

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[–] karburator@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm trying to create a community, but the 'create' button just turns into a spinning circle, and nothing happens. I've left that tab open for more than an hour.

So insteat, here's my first comment.

[–] cambionn@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

My experience is that when that happens, there is something wrong, but it seems like there is no proper error handling to tell you so it endlessly spins instead. Try giving it a different name or fill in a field you left empty (don't change the language one tho).

Even on lemmy.ml creating a community tends to not take too long. I made communities there because my own instance is country based and I don't want it to look local, but if you add your account on another server (for me the one I'm using now) as moderator you can moderate from there to not use up bandwidth from lemmy.ml.

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[–] BjaOckX@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Who'd win in a wrestling match, Lemmy or God?

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[–] BCas@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Doing my part!

[–] LiGuangming1981@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Just downloaded and installed Jerboa on my phone. This is me trying to do my part to help out a user-friendly Reddit replacement.

[–] TheSilentOne59@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Super excited to be here, honestly. Really hope this place grows significantly

[–] wow560@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Finally I can speak instead of fearing bots and lurkers.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Testing cross-instance posting from my own

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[–] saegor@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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