I normally lurk, but I feel more comfortable posting here than on Reddit for some reason. On reddit I would mostly just upvote or downvote posts and move on.

I'm not ready for this responsibility.

Here from reddit.

I’m doing my part!

No posts yet, but I think I've already commented more here in a few days than my last 5 years on Reddit.

Fine. But only long until it gains adoption. Then it's back to the shadows.

Don't tell me how to Lemmy...

I mean you're right.

One un-ironic way to have a boom in content and users is expanding the amount of porn on the fediverse. That had a massive contribution to tumblr and reddit

I'm not much of a content creator... But I love following contents creators... Am I useful?

Pretty much only lurked on reddit. Gonna try to turn a new leaf and be more social

You're not the boss of me. Lurking has been a tried and true past time of link aggregators since time immemorial. If this community can't function without lurkers, it's DOA.

I love the feeling that I can post here without feeling insecure. Everyone seems well meaning and welcoming

I lurk therefore I am.

I made two communities, they are niche for sure, but I'm doing my part lol

I'm not a particularly entertaining or creative person outside of my music (which I don't think anyone would care about), but I do like to post and interact with text posts like AITA/NoStupidQuestions/ChangeMyView/etc, so I look forward to taking part there.

Just did my part by posting my pup in the cute cats and dogs thing.

Well i had an account just to lurk on reddit, but like anything else in life things eventually come to an end. I don't know what kind of content can be easily imported here. Years ago, i would post about a variety of things, but recently the content that i see is much less varied than it was, so posting has become less interesting. Guess searching stuff on google earth is just as fun as it was than instead. It's interesting to see all this activity without gpt-fied comments tho

I’ve been participating a lot more here because it feels like my contributions have more impact than they did on Reddit.

I have a broad question. Forgive me if it's dumb as I am not super technically savvy.

Is there a way to put a massive set of common image memes into a pool we can pick from and just have something point to that image? I keep reading that storage space is quickly going to be an issue for instances, and that seems like a good way to reduce some data.

I'm working on it, but I'm trying to refrain from making dozens of posts on a community I created. However, I'd have no problems doing so.

I've been lurking on Reddit for years now but now that I've switched to Lemmy, I'll probably participate in discussions more. Plus, the vibe is so much more positive and welcoming here than on Reddit!

Ive been doing just that, decided to go in at the deep end and make my own Digital Art community, its fun watching it grow, its already coming up on 100 subscribers, and i plan on openeing up submissions at around 200 subs since then people will have a decent size community to see the posts.

It seems the world is indeed what we make of it. Join us!

Good point, I started a ukulele community a few hours ago but I've no real idea how to publicize it or add more people.

As a lurker I agree

My content is pretty shit, but I'll glady support and comment on you more interesting folks' stuff!

Posting to unlurk myself. It's... haaard to kick the habit.

Finally found an instance that could handle the traffic.

I see a bunch of "community squatting" - people creating communities but not contributing, hoping it'll take off.

As good etiquette, I'd suggest that if you create a community, try to post something yourself!

I was mostly a lurker at reddit, but I'll definitely try to be more active here, especially in this early phase of migrating away from reddit