On reddit I was a lurker that posted like once or twice a year, but ever since joining lemmy I’ve started posting multiple times a day.

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      We need you, too. As long as you’re upvoting and downvoting, you’re helping curate content.

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        Plus lemmy only counts users who have posted or commented as an active user. So making at least one comment is helpful to gain traction.

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        Yeah, they’re actually the backbone of the community. We’re not the power that keeps the trolls at bay, they are.

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    Yeah, but I’m still doing it on purpose to help the community grow. Somebody’s gotta fill this place with content, and at the end of the day that’s our job.

    Normally I’m more of a commenter exclusively unless I need the services of a specific community. (video game question usually) But the Lemmy project has sent me digging for all the best youtube stuff I’ve seen in basically the past decade and then finding the community to shove it in.

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        You should share the thing that you’re most terrified to share with others and i bet its not boring… for e.g… maybe you like to eat boogers… i am sure lots of people will be like… holy hell man… and they will be repulsed … but it won’t be boring. Then you could start a niche community of booger eaters and this community could share stories and recipes… and that sir or miss… is how you contribute instead of lurking.

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    Same here, every post feels like I’m making a small contribution to a platform which I really want to succeed.

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    Well I’m just new here. I posted a lot on Reddit. But I have to say, I’m running across some new forums (or whatever they’re called here) at least one or two a day with hugely interesting discussion. Subscribe subscribe subscribe…I thought my Reddit interest list was pretty solid.

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    I absolutely did, at least for commenting. Partly because I want to create traffic for Lemmy, and partly because it feels just… Nicer here. More genuine interaction, less quippy one liners or insults.

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    definitely find smaller sites like lemmy easier to post on since its much easier to repeat yourself on reddit and perhaps more modded so i refrain from saying a lot of stuff?

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    It’s a bit ironic that I’ve seen this exact same post about three times already. Apparently you’re the only one posting stuff.
    Or maybe I don’t know how Lemmy works.

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      Default sort for posts is “active”.

      So older threads show up on the front page, and because that’s what people see first, it’s what they comment on.

      Which keeps the post on “active” for longer.

      You may want to sort by “new” or “top hour”/“top 6 hours” to see newer posts.

      More people doing that and engaging with newer posts means they’ll show up on the default “active” sort.

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    Me and my people are powered by spite. I am going to try and be more active to help everything along so that reddit may die.

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    Nope, since I left reddit I spend less time mindlessly looking at my phone. But I do enjoy lemmy in healthy doses.

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    I was on reddit for almost 15 years and i mostly just commented. I posted maybe 5 or 6 times at most. Been on lemmy for 2 days and im already at 3 (shitposts).