I'm more motivated to participate when there's fewer comments. On Reddit I often refrained from commenting when I noticed the other commenters already covered the point I wanted to make.

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Annoyed_Crabby 11 points 3 years ago

Or someone with the same opinion as yours will start argue with you because you said it in a different way that they don't agree with.

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MelonTheMan 5 points 3 years ago

They wouldn't "argue" they would correct you.

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bstix 1 point 3 years ago

Yes those are the worst. Some people think that a normal conversation should be an exchange of contradictions, even when agreeing. I know exactly 1 person like that in real life who hasn't matured beyond that, but with the size of Reddit, there'd always be one.

I also got a funny reply one time from someone who claimed to have just thought something unique, after which he literally just rewrote my exact post. Basically doing "I made this" while trying to argue about it. After all I'm glad I managed to make him understand something, but he must be an insufferable genius to be around.

Eventually there will be crazy people here too, but so far it seems a lot less pretentious than the Reddit hivemind.

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Klear 9 points 3 years ago

Came here to say this.

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Ignacio 9 points 3 years ago

Don't forget karma whoring, where your comments will be invisible to the algorithm and you seem to talk to an empty wall, while one liners and easy jokes are at the top.

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devious 1 point 3 years ago

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Uhhhh, sorry!

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RojaBunny 3 points 3 years ago

Same here. Even subs (instances? communities? still figuring out the lingo, sorry) are so quiet I'm even posting actual posts. Or on news posts, I have a question about the content where on reddit someone will have already asked and I can just see what responses or vitriol they got.

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TeaHands 3 points 3 years ago

Communities on Lemmy, magazines on Kbin. Fyi 🙂

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Agent_Dante_Z 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah, the size can be pretty overwhelming

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tmsqhazdzp 34 points 3 years ago

I’ve actually felt like contributing here. It’s been 11 years on reddit for me and I made 5 posts and a handful of comments in that time.

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PastorHaggis 7 points 3 years ago

I commented on reddit a lot but I do feel the need to be more involved here because I want to help build up the community. That said, I do want to be more careful about how I use my account. Avoid getting into discourse when I can, try not to argue with people as much.

I feel like I can be healthier on Lemmy if I go into it with a different mindset, and without Reddit's dogshit algorithm, it might make it easier.

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Diurnambule 5 points 3 years ago

Same, created a account never posted on reddit. Here it fell more meaning full.

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Agent_Dante_Z 3 points 3 years ago

Yeah even though I'm still just as uncomfortable making posts and will only do it if really needed, I have felt much more able to comment on Lemmy.

Hopefully my confidence will continue to improve with time

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Flemmy 4 points 3 years ago

I made 2 posts on Reddit, one was a meme about my friend jumping over me to see my username, the other was some random text post. Thousands of comments though

It's just not in my nature... So much so that I'm trying to release a Lemmy app tonight, and I just remembered I haven't started on the ability to post...

Everything else came easy to me - you should be able to click on anything, everything should stay where you left it... But I have no idea how people want to post. I should probably just do it now before I overthink it

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Bongles -5 points 3 years ago

I used that powerdelete script last night and turns out I made one singular post on reddit in 9 years of use, when DDLC recently released: Meme

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strawberrysocial 1 point 3 years ago

Wtf Bongles

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0uterzenith 28 points 3 years ago

uh, no. If we're all lurkers then there'll be no content here

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NABDad 23 points 3 years ago

I love everyone posting about lurking

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Svengarlic 11 points 3 years ago

I think it's because we know we need to post, but also know we have nothing constructive to add to most things we're looking at. It's like people replying all to a birthday email at the office.

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TeaHands 6 points 3 years ago

Everyone has something interesting to share. I believe in you!

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TheGreenGolem 3 points 3 years ago

No u.

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DarkMatter_contract 18 points 3 years ago

In Reddit there usually already a comment saying what I think so I would rather just updot, hence I lurk less and comment more here.

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lemmyshmemmy -19 points 3 years ago

I feel more comfortable commenting here

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danielton 11 points 3 years ago

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wilberfan 11 points 3 years ago

I mod an 11K member sub--and the equivalent community over here now has 11 subscribers (incl me). Exactly none of them have posted or commented on anything yet.

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Zer0Rank 9 points 3 years ago

Was always just lurking on Reddit, maybe had one comment or so. For some reason, when moving over here, I've been enjoying this so much, I'm no longer just a lurker.

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Duchess 4 points 3 years ago

yeah i feel so much more motivated to contribute to new communities that i'd like to see grow and thrive

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ifDogsCouldTalk 8 points 3 years ago

I’m lurking too… wait a minute.

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jcmurty 7 points 3 years ago

I think there's a greater chance of lemmy users interacting rather than just lurking because of the requirement of posting or commenting to be counted as active which should in turn help grow the community

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Lizardqueen 3 points 3 years ago

Is there a reason why I should care if my account is active or not? Genuine question I just made my account two days ago

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derekabutton 2 points 3 years ago

That's a great point. Happy to help!!

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jcmurty 3 points 3 years ago

a question remain - while I think the requirement to engage to be counted as active will certainly increase engagement generally - will it lead to "quality" content and comments? not that I currently know exactly how you quantify quality

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derekabutton 1 point 3 years ago

That's a good question, and probably not. I figure growth won't increase the proportion of quality comments, but it will undoubtedly increase the frequency. Hopefully the voting system will cause low quality comments to drift away from what we tend to see.

Something I take away from forums is that user volume is incredibly impactful, even if most is low quality. As long as there is something to scrape off the top, I think I'll be satisfied. Obviously this misses some nuance but I think it works as a rule of thumb, especially to grow incredibly small niche communities that otherwise won't exist.

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annabanana 6 points 3 years ago

I lurked on Reddit for many years. I’ve felt motivated enough to post comments here and hopefully find good content for the growing new communities here.

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shidposter 6 points 3 years ago

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Usually_Lurker 6 points 3 years ago

Just staying in my lane. Like usual.

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galaxi 2 points 3 years ago

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CharlotteRain 6 points 3 years ago

A lot of the people coming from reddit aren't though. I contributed very often to a few subreddits.

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EyesInTheBoat 5 points 3 years ago

Speak for yourself 😂

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kratoz29 5 points 3 years ago

Is this sarcasm?

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samus12345 1 point 3 years ago

No, it's a butterfly.

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azulavoir 5 points 3 years ago

I was above average active on reddit. I hope I can be the same here

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dditty 2 points 3 years ago

It'll continue to get easier to find your tribe as more communities are made for interests/niches.

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Iamtink 4 points 3 years ago

👀👀👀

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Tassereine 4 points 3 years ago

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Slide 3 points 3 years ago

Yes.

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Zuberi 3 points 3 years ago

Lol what?

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GustavoM 2 points 3 years ago

Why not ducks? Because I'm a duck and I find your post racist since it does not have mention of ducks, the excluded minority of society. OH, how we suffer so much! .... did I said we suffer a lot?

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RedShadowWizard 2 points 3 years ago

Nice bait

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Smork_alam 2 points 3 years ago

👀

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desorientado 2 points 3 years ago

this can be my first interaction here

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Scrof 2 points 3 years ago

Never not post.

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Sudo_Fail 2 points 3 years ago

O_o

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Sudo_Fail 2 points 3 years ago

O_o

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jcmurty 1 point 3 years ago

https://join-lemmy.org/... I guess that it provides some metric of how relevant a community is and I presume in the future it could be tied into ranking of ratings of posts and comments

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Fanghole 1 point 3 years ago

Neither of these extremes fit. Huh

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feddylemmy 1 point 3 years ago

I think the best communities on the internet I've been a part of have a very low rate of lurkers and mostly all users are active. Although, those were usually smaller communities.

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bappity 1 point 3 years ago

👀

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showerthoughts

@lemmy.world

A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
Posts must be original/unique
Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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showerthoughts

@lemmy.world

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
Posts must be original/unique
Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

go to feed...