Yep, this site has really chill vibes and it encourages posting
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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I've posted 4 threads on Kbin which is, to my knowledge, more than I had posted on Reddit. So, yes indeed! The difference here is pretty much that you do not need to post at a specific time of the day to get any exposure at all in my experience.
Definitely, don't feel nearly as self conscious about posting with less activity
For sure, similar to what others expressed to help with engagement/activity. The centralized for-profit platforms hold way too much power over my infotainment appetite.
Almost any thread i opened within the first few posts someone already said what i would have said, so i would just scroll until i found my confirmation bias, updoot and move on. i wonder if lemmy will get so massive that the problem comes here.
A bit, yeah. Joining Lemmy got me to finally write up a technical idea I'd been intending to post for the last year or so. Figured it'd be a good way to help seed one of the programming communities with some content.
Like other commenters have said: gotta help the community grow, and it won't grow if there's nothing interesting for people to read.
I haven't been, unfortunately. I joined around a week ago and this is my first comment. It seems I'm just as much of a lurker here as I was on Reddit. I suppose this is as good a time as any to change that and try to become more active.
Already posted several comments. In my 10 years of reddit, I posted perhaps 10 times. So im way above my average on lemmy until now. I try to be more active to attract more lemmings.
Ooh I'm tryin
I'm going to make an active effort to post stuff here, I used to just be a commenter on Reddit, time to branch out and try interacting with this place more. Should be fun.
Yes. I want to contribute to Lenny’s success if I can 😀
Just created this account, let's see.
I would have commented 4 times in last many years on reddit. On Lemmy (across instances) I have already posted over 40 in the last few weeks.
We're surely in the golden age of Lemmy where the moderators are numerous and engaged enough to keep up with the bots, spammers, and hate mongers. It makes it a pleasant place to be, even if it seems to be overflowing with beans at the moment.
This is my first Lemmy post!
Definitely I am more willing to post and comment, since reddit fail down. :)
Same Literally never posted on Reddit in my decade of lurking. Lemmy is more welcoming and 'charming' IMO
Just joined lemmy last night. (Now it's morning where I am from). Already commented 3-4 times. On reddit I used to comment once probably in a couple of weeks. It's probably because it's something very new and interesting. Also I am finding that people around seem nicer in a way maybe?
I’ve felt the same but on Bluesky the last few days, for the exact same reasons. Was on kbin and not really enjoying it, but coming to here and hoping it takes off! Excited to be wanting to interact and post versus just lurk because of toxic communities
Part of it is probably also that, because it's new, there's none of that stupid reddit insider culture. Like not being allowed to do this or that or say this or that without being crucified in the comments.
I’ve always been a comment contributor. I just do it here instead of that old alien site. Also wiped my stuff over there.
I'm trying to be a more avid poster but the gateway errors are making it difficult.
For sure not just you. I noticed my first day too - especially on SDF, which is a much smaller instance. Somehow it feels more like being at a small party compared to being on a crowded subway.
I'm having trouble because a lot of my usual interests haven't really made it here yet, and I don't have the time to be responsible for starting any communities
yeah I've experienced quite the opposite from OP, I notice quite some traffic at the classic reddit-like communities but if i want to talk about some specific topic the subscriber count still seems <100 (example, /c/bready has 334 subscribers
I don't really feel like creating a community for a topic I enjoy which I already see gaining little to no traffic
I guess most people flock to what they already know à la, showerthoughts AITA YSK etc
to me the current state of the feddiverse feels like a circlejerk of people who complain about reddit and praise lemmy over reddit instead of actually submitting engaging content whereas we coul.. wait I'm doing it too now!
Smaller communities, more intimate experiences, and overall, the people you'd see here are most likely who won't accept or allow what Reddit now stands for.
Yeah I started posting here too
Oh man tell me about it. I have been commenting on posts that I find interesting all the time here. In Reddit, I was a lurker with maybe a few uploads and upvote/downvote per year. There’s something about lemmy, I guess it’s the potential to be a true community that excites me
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