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.
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
I like your puppy.
Me too!
Here’s my kitty cat Kira
This is me not lurking
This is your friendly neighborhood deviant trying not to lurk
Watch me engage with someone
Watch me watch you engage with someone
This is all terribly engaging!
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Don’t tell me what to do, I’ll engage when I’m ready >:(
hol up
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!
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!
Always a bad sign when one of the top comments is trying to compel users to engage.
Me not lurking
Trying my best! I have an account on lemmy.ml but with the increase in traffic I’m barely able to use it! Moving to this one which has already helped. Anyone reading this feel free to send a message and say hi!
There is no engagement algorithm; it’s us :)
I don’t mean am engagement algorithm, I mean engagement as in content to engage with. No one is going to want to move to lemmy of they come here and it looks like there isn’t anything going on
Honestly, I feel more comfortable participating on Lemmy than I ever did on Reddit or Twitter.
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.
Replying from the Mlem app!
Solid app so far, can’t wait to see future updates.
Testing cross-instance posting from my own
“Test post please ignore” vibes
How’d you find the setup process for self hosting? I’ve got half a mind to do the same. I’ve already got self hosted Audiobook Shelf and home assistant servers
I lurk most of the time because most of the time i have nothing to say