Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn’t the thing that makes a social media site, it’s the engagement

So even if you’re used to lurking, try to get a little more active! Post memes, vote on posts, talk in the comments, whatever!

If people come here and see activity, content, and discussions, they’re more likely to stay and contribute their own - if they come and see a ghost town, they’ll just go back to reddit

  • Evkob@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I think I’ve been more active on Lemmy in the past five days than I had been on reddit for the past 2 years.

    Decentralization of social media is extremely enticing to me, and I really want this community to flourish, so I’ve been trying to make this into an active space.

  • jatt@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Made an account 22 hours ago, been lurking around here and there, finally decided to post my first comment after reading this post. I’d like to get more involved, just trying to find my footing first. Speaking of - what app(s) is everyone using? I’m on Android, and just logged into Jerboa. Decent UI, not a fan of the flashing screen during transitions. Any recommendations on other apps? Thanks.

  • Nathan Campos@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I won’t lie, if you look at my Reddit profile you’ll see that I’ve commented more here in the last couple of days than probably the last 3 years on Reddit. The community just feels more welcome and I feel as if my comment will get read instead of being drowned out as it happens on Reddit.

  • Extrawurst@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s a bit difficult getting into Lemmy and the feediverse I gotta say. But after looking around for a while I really like how things work here, compared to reddit

    • ratboy@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I started using Mastodon a couple if years ago; didn’t stay for long but it definitely felt more…friendly than Reddit, or personal I suppose. Glad I found Lemmy though I love the message board/forum format way better than a Twitter like format that Mastodon seems to have, though I do like both

      • Extrawurst@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yea the twitter way of doing it feels more like yelling in a room filled with people, trying to be the loudest. The message board/forum feels more like discussions. But to each his own I guess

    • mattchu pichu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I agree. This place appears to be more inviting and friendly. I’m not worried that I’m going to make a spelling mistake and never hear the end of it

      • sparklingsquirrel@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I feel you. On Reddit I was always afraid to get 1000 of comments telling me I’m stupid or how could I do xyz. I really like it here on Lemmy, everyone is just so welcoming and not at all mad that so many of us (former) Redditors are joining.

  • NewBrainWhoThis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Much of the meme content is in the form of GIF and as fare as I see, Lemmy does not support uploading GIFs. Will this format be supported in the near future?

    • Senseibull@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You can hyperlink to them, see my Rick and Morty gif a few comments above, i didnt upload that.

      • NewBrainWhoThis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        undefined> Senseibull@lemmy.ml

        Hmm … that’s all I can see in Firefox… (its fresh install btw.) I have to check the mobile app if it shows up there. But even in the meme communities I only see GIFs sometimes in the comments but not in the posts

        • Siphalor@feddit.deEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I recently noticed that this is actually a bug that’s been fixed four days ago (Github).
          Until your instance of Lemmy updates, you’ll have to open the post or comment on the original instance using the rainbow button above the comment. GIFs already work on the same site that you post them on.

  • baal@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Trying hard! What I’d need is a browser extension (Firefox) that just sends me to the fediverse as soon as I type “old.reddit.com” into the address bar to kill some time. Old habits die hard.

  • Rhabuko@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I agree. It already helps if you comment under stuff that you liked. Pushes the good content up to the top and it will be more visible for others.