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!
This is me not lurking
Watch me engage with someone
Watch me watch you engage with someone
This is all terribly engaging!
I’ll post my puppy everyone likes puppies.
I don’t often have anything to add, but here is my buddy.
unlurks
I like your puppy.
Me too!
that’s not a puppy, he’s too big
Definitely. Everyone on Lemmy at this time seems very reasonable as well and I am finding that the discussion is typically of a much higher quality than on Reddit, so for those who don’t usually engage, try it, it’s definitely worth a shot here.
Don’t tell me what to do, I’ll engage when I’m ready >:(
hol up
Using the jeroboa app rn and it’s fairly intuitive.
Alright… this marks the end of my lurking lifestyle then, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Hey people of the internet. So if I’m going to not lurk, and if I have a really weird sense of humour and am downright unfunny to most of my friends, where is my community here?
Yarp.
I got a reply!
test comment please ignore
Another lurker here. Been well over a decade and this is the first time I feel like contributing again. Really hope the fediverse catches on this time.
Totally agree, we need to build for the long term. Engagement has power.
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!
hello, fellow human!
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.
Always a bad sign when one of the top comments is trying to compel users to engage.
