We can make this a great interesting place and more people will join

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    I don’t lurk just to lurk, I just have nothing to say most of the time. Still waiting on the niche reddit communities I was a part of to make it here, if they ever do.

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    Full-time lurker here, I’m trying, but going from content consumption to content sharing is a weird mindset change.

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      Try starting small. Reply more. Little things like that. Everything helps. Remember that we are interested in what you have in your life that you would like to tell us about.

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        Remember that we are interested in what you have in your life

        This really hits. Cool to be a part of a small community like this:)

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      The barrier to entry is way lower in a community this size. You don’t have to have the most witty thing to say or the hottest meme to share. Your comments and posts will probably be seen by more people than in the “viral or bust” of a bigger site. It’s a totally different kind of usage and definitely makes me feel more engaged

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    I think we stand a chance of bringing over the best parts of reddit while leaving behind all the negative aspects, I think a lot of people who lurked before (myself included, <4000 karma after 10 years) will be much more willing to engage here.

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      How dare you talked? Do you have no manners? /s

      I didn’t comment/post that much on reddit either, it’s tough.

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        Same here. I’d often type out a comment just to delete it with the assumption that I’ll get downvoted or that it’ll start a comment chain of arguing.

        It’s been nice to see other’s perspectives on this.

        So far the culture on Lemmy has been so much more positive. Maybe this is just a side effect of eager early adopters using the platform.

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          Definitely. All we have is us here and we play a very risky game. If people get hurt they will leave or lurk which is what we DON’T want. So yeah, hopefully there won’t be much issue here for a while.

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          What I learned over the years on Reddit is do not engage the assholes. If they comment and it’s hateful or they’re being a jerk in a reply just don’t reply back and if they just won’t quit the block option is your friend.

          Also to only sub to mostly positive communities. Places like idiotsincars end up with more argument/pedantic comment chains. Not worth it.

          You control what you see.

          I had almost a universally positive experience once I figured that out.

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      I’m the same. It’s good exposure therapy though. There are also plenty of nice people that will respond to your comments.

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      The barrier to entry is way lower in a community this size. You don’t have to have the most witty thing to say or the hottest meme to share, and you have much less of a chance of getting hive-mind downvoted, its just about engaging where you can and realize that people appreciate you adding to the discussion

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    More importantly, talk about stuff besides Reddit!

    I tried using Voat 6(?) years ago when there was a similar (but smaller-scale) protest. The fact that a lot of Voat users were those chased out of hate subs was part of the problem, but the other part of the problem was that half the content was “look how much better we are than reddit”.

    Discussion about reddit is fine (it is still a big site), but we need our own content too.

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    I’m not interested in maintaining a community (I don’t have the time to be a moderator), but I have been trying to comment as much as I can. Also, if you think you have something to post about, just make a post.

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      Same. What’s kinda nice is that unlike reddit there aren’t a hundred posts saying what you wanted to say already, so you don’t feel like you are being drowned out

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      Agreed, I want to participate, but I have neither the time, nor the desire to be a moderator. I’ve subbed to a bunch of communities so far, but there are also lots that I would subscribe to that don’t exist yet. Or maybe they exist somewhere, but finding them is not obvious.

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    I have been trying to upping my game from Liking to Commenting. Still didn’t have Idea to post though, lol…

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      I lurked reddit for years before I made my first comment. Some of the larger subreddits still feel so hostile I rarely posted on them. Enjoying the feel of this place though.

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      I don’t even know how to post yet. Is the URL field the community or Instance? I assume it’s the community because all posts would go into whatever instance you’re on…

      I wish they had a drop down of at least the communities your subscribed to.

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    That’s what I’ve been trying to do myself. I’m really not an interactive kind of person on these online communities. I’m almost always a lurker, but I’m really trying to push myself to be more active, because I want an open-source and federated Reddit alternative (and ActivityPub in general) to succeed!

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      Same. I was a long time lurker on Reddit, but hardly posted. Even on alts. Now I’m trying to be more active and upvoting since that helps drive engagement or whatever.

      I also want more open source in life, in general so I will be out here attempting to pause my introvertness for the cause.

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        Yeah same here, never felt comfortable posting on Reddit, but so far lemmy feels safe enough to get more involved with.

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    I’m a bit of an introvert, even online. But HEY look at me participating here with my first ever lemmy comment! Small steps, right?

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    I wish I could just share my enthusiasm with everybody, but I get very anxious that what I’d find interesting people will find dull or maybe even troll… that’s something I experienced with actual Reddit, I guess, and now it has carried over pretty much everywhere. I’ll try my best because I want to contribute to a better experience not just for me but everybody!

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    I’d also like to post more but worry that I’m being narcissistic…Not everyone likes my weirdly-tuned ukulele music.

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    Also…DON’T MAKE TOO MANY COMMUNITIES!!! I know we all have our favorite niche subreddits that we’ll miss, but we need to reach a critical mass with a core set…and then organically break out communities into more niche communities.