Welcome the circus. I read an interesting post that said Reddit has the bulk of the users for this type of social media, but the users who add value and post etc. are the ones you need. The users Lemmy needs to attract are not the crowd that lurks. It’s the crowd that posts and adds value. That is a much smaller group of users.

Here's something to consider: many of us were using reddit for several years. That's years of exploring, building, and bonding with communities. So when you come to Lemmy, don't expect that it will be a 100% replacement immediately. It takes time. Stick with it. Explore and post in different communities. Grow your usage gradually. You cannot reasonably expect to find everything you are looking for right away.

Same here m8. I been using lemmy since yesterday and literaly just made this account 5 miutes ago since rif alreaddy stopped responding. Really liking lemmy right now, im kinda worried that its gona be kinda lonely for a while while more people start coming in if ever. Maybe something as scaled back as this is gonna be fine since political shit in reddit was getting kinda wild with subs like politics and whitepeopletwitter constantly flooding /all... started getting sick of it. And it seems that im here they are more calm on that front so thats a good sing i guess. But im rambling now so im just gonna wish you good luck and happy scroling.

I mostly just enjoy reading varied opinions of others rather than having much to say, but I'll try to start responding more!

Dyslexic lurkers of the world untie!

Reddit user of 10 years here, last day of being able to use Boost over there, so just starting to figure this place out!

Just signed up. Fingers crossed.

Another lurker refugee from redacted. I hope I can help a community grow.

I'll join you. I was a 95% lurker on Reddit. Hopefully I can do more here. I also want more people to know how much of an asshole Spez is.

I'm commenting.... Is that enough?

I never comment and it's weird coming from reddit, but I really do hope this takes off. I love the fundamental ideas the federated universe or whatever operates on.

Hello, kind sers! I am here as a total noob, making my second comment. I am such a lemming (is this what we call ourselves?), hurr durr! Normally, i am a lurker who sometimes comments. But you're right, we need to throw coal on the gas, so it burns for longer and heats up the joint. I'm not particularly funny or insightful to create original content. That being said, where can i post random funny stuff i get from friends and/or have saved in my phone?

100% the same. I've been trying to post or comment at least once a day to make the daily active users number go up.

Either way I've already posted more on here than on Reddit, so that was an easy win for me.

I lurk. I comment. I Lemmy.

This is actually more usable than I expected

Do it, don't be shy.

If you want a community with training wheels and is open to general discussions, come say hi. Its a place where you can work past the fear of being downvoted or insulted. You are welcome here. 😀

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/bbses

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/247310

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41195

Lemmy is life now. Lemmy is home. Lemmy lurk here please. 🙂

I've been more active on Lemmy the last fortnight than Reddit in months, Reddit's swarm of Facebook users had already killed the quality of the platform.

Lurk to avoid Downvotes...

G'luck!

I had a 16 year old Reddit account and maybe commented 10 times. I’m here to contribute!

Does this count as a post?

Good luck! I'm also a 10-year chronic reddit lurker. Will do my best to be an active contributor to Lemmy. 😀

Very much the same goes for me. Have been lurking over there for more than ten years, sucking in all the information, content and memes that got uploaded. I won't be to active on Lemmy since old habits die hard but you never know. For a dezentralized future that holds true to the small guy!

I'm doing my part!

I'm still a little confused about how this place works, but im getting the hang of it.

Hell yeah more interaction, more growth

This platform has a surprising potential, I hope more reddit users find this to increase the user base and content

Good luck!

So what are the best "subreddits" so far on Lemmy?

Is there a android app I could use?

Time to start posting

Same boat. Good luck!

Let's hope this doesn't fizzle out

I'm trying to contribute here as well!

The communities I'm part of, are still not part of lemmy/kbin. I've decided to be a lurker via old.reddit and be an active contributor in Lemmy.

Same here man. I’ve always lurked but since Apollo no longer works for Reddit here I am, hoping this community takes off?

First post, thanks for having me 😀

Which iOS clients do you all use?

You can't tell me what to do!

I agree (This is my first comment, and I am doing it so that I would be counted amongst the active members of lemmy - lemmy only counts ppl who have posted or commented as active users)

I agree, and I want to post things, but I've recently become a parent of twins, and they dominate my life. The only thing I have to post is pics of my kids. That's not good content. This isn't Facebook, Nobody here wants that.

Here's a comment from a 12 year lurker of that other site. Time to start contributing.

Haha. Well, I'm trying. Might be back to lurking when I rediscover that I don't have very much I want to share.

Yo

First post! (doing my part).

I'm doing my part!

💪😎

I was a chronic reddit lurker as well, and I really love Lemmy and want to post more. It's so much fun to find communities I used to lurk at and actually post on them now :)

Feels great to be part of something new from the beginning. We will make it work my friends

right here with you!

I'd like to post, however I'm totally uninteresting, and I've got nothing to say.