Lemmy is popular nowadays, yet is losing its active users - eviltoast

Similar to Mastodon’s spikes last year, it seems. Anyways, there is data to think about. Source

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    I’m to tired to make quality posts. Props to the people that can do that every day. Best I got is a few mildly opinionated comments.

    • cRazi_man@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Even lurkers are still part of the community.

      I started out looking for an exact replacement for Reddit (where I mostly lurk). Initially I thought the lack of content and traffic on Lemmy was a bad thing, but I now see it as early days of a community and lack of content means I have a chance to make a post or comment that is valued and gets engagement from other users. Reddit was so mature that anything I wanted to post was either already there, not welcome or buried under an ocean of other content/comments. If you use both you could even find good content on Reddit to crosspost on Lemmy.

      It’s quite nice being part of a small community now. Even just an up/down vote from you will be worth more here. It’s great.

      • Urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I used to be a reddit lurker. I would go into a thread for a post and look for the thing I would have posted, and upvote it.

        I can’t do this on Lemmy, I actually have to write stuff now I guess, otherwise it doesn’t show up. I don’t like it.

        Feels weird man.

        • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
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          actually have to write stuff now I guess, otherwise it doesn’t show up

          can you exoskeleton this one for me? I don’t get it.

          (autocorrect, just guess what that word was supposed to be)

          • Urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            Just a joke. I used to just read the comments in reddit threads and be satisfied with the conversations already being had. The subreddits I usually visited were busy enough that I had plenty to read. Rarely did I ever feel like logging in to add something. (I’m also unoriginal, so if I thought of a joke I’d go find it in the reddit thread and upvote it, ha).

            Lemmy has less comments, less to read. But I also don’t pointlessly scroll forever, so I guess that’s probably good.

    • omgarm@feddit.nl
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      I try to comment when I can. Even if it’s not insightful. A small compliment keeps a community going.

    • Chrome@lemmy.world
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      Thanks for pointing that out! High quality content takes time to craft. It’s being skilled and/or knowledgable, being able to convey that across on a digital platform (where basically everyone’s anonymous and of unknown backgrounds), and being engaging while you’re at it. It definitely can be demanding for some.