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.

  • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1462·
    2 年前

    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.

    • jrbaconcheese@vlemmy.net
      38·
      2 年前

      Same here. I have a 9 year account on Reddit with only a few hundred posts and karma; by the time I found something worth posting about anything I posted would either drown out in the noise or essentially already be posted.

      • EyesInTheBoat@lemmy.world
        10·
        2 年前

        the worst part is you’d almost always end commenting in a thread that gets deleted due to rules etc if you tried to get ahead of the curve and comment in a brand new post. I’m way more active here because I’m trying to help build the community.

      • unknown_name@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 年前

        Coming from someone with 2 million + link karma on Reddit, thanks. I burned myself out a while back. Just too busy now too. You’re good people.

      • Candelestine@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 年前

        Yea, like 500 times too. I really like the feature on here that checks around for other places the same video might’ve been posted.

        Like, I shared a vid to Video Essays on LotR theme composition, y’know, niche but not too-niche, and saw it had already been posted in basically every LotR sub. But cool, I posted it anyway cuz it wasn’t in that sub yet and it was good content. But it got like two upvotes (probably me and the mod) and I didn’t have to really wonder why–oversaturation. Nice feature, big fan of it.

      • unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one
        91·
        2 年前

        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.

  • GoosLife@lemmy.world
    34·
    2 年前

    I used to be an avid participant on reddit, but haven’t been for a long time. Now on Lemmy, I feel like participating again.

    I think it’s because it’s on us to make this a great place now. Like, we can’t just migrate and be silent. Or migrate and be assholes. We come here, we gotta participate positively, so I’m just doing my part.

    • Giraffitees@vlemmy.net
      6·
      2 年前

      This is exactly how I feel, on Reddit it does not matter if I comment or engage at all, Reddit is what it is at this point. Here at Lemmy I feel way more compelled to post simply if only to keep the platform active. I hope others feel the same and can add more value to lemmy than I can.

  • Jpopy@lemmy.world
    33·
    2 年前

    Agreed. It’s a smaller community and easier to feel seen. I’ve probably already posted more here than I ever have on Reddit.

  • patachu@lemmy.world
    32·
    2 年前

    I just like that I can post an honest comment and not worry about being Well-Ackshually’d to death. Sometimes I’d be knee-deep in Wikipedia fact-checking and suddenly realize, “This reddit reply is not worth the personal effort I am putting into it.”

    • Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee
      8·
      2 年前

      Or “I’m too late to the post. The front page algo refreshes too fast, and nobody will read my comment anyway.”

      • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
        7·
        2 年前

        This was my main reason not following most of the biggest subs like askreddit. Even if it’s an interesting question, by the time I see it it’s just not worth replying anymore because no one is going to read it anyways.

        • Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee
          3·
          2 年前

          I commented much more on reddit 10+ years ago when the comment sections were smaller and the front page didn’t refresh so quickly.

          They changed the algorithm to turn over the front page more per day, and it sucked the life out of the comment section.

      • trifictional@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 年前

        For real, on Reddit an 8 hour old post and nobody will see your comment.

        Here I can comment on a post 2 days old and still get replies.

    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
      6·
      2 年前

      Well actually (;D), that can happen here… unfortunately.

      But I get what you’re saying. Lemmy is still small enough that conversations are more about talking to another person rather than being a performative thing for everyone else in a large subreddit.

      Yesterday someone demanded me to give dates on when Global Warming would start causing increases in food prices and so I was on wikipedia and checking sources… and why an I doing this shit?

      So it still happens but it does seem less frequent here.

    • Syrc@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 年前

      As a professional “Ackshually”-er, a lot of us don’t do it to demean others but just to genuinely spread the knowledge. There’s some asses who do it just to feel superior, sure, but don’t get demoralized because someone pointed out a minor mistake or inaccuracy: it’s just an opportunity to learn more stuff.

    • Takatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      0·
      2 年前

      Absolutely same sentiment here. There’s a couple of those dudes starting to pop up the last couple of days no matter how good your sources are, but certainly less convinced of their own intellectual superiority here so far. Maybe not having 200,000 hivemind karma has humbled them?

    • stratoscaster@lemmy.zip
      0·
      2 年前

      Right?! Like, posting a reply that’s a legitimate correction is fine, whatever. But people constantly post slight technicality corrections (that are usually 75% of the time incorrect or misleading) on reddit. It’s so annoying especially when you’ve been on reddit long enough that you can tell from a parent comment when people are gonna “well actually” and exactly what they’re gonna say because it’s all been said 200x before.

      /rant lol

  • SkyerixBOI@lemmy.world
    29·
    2 年前

    Always felt unwelcome posting anything on reddit. Lemmy is new enough and filled with people who are nice enough to make feel like I wont get yelled at for commenting or posting.

  • lukalot@lemmy.world
    23·
    2 年前

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

  • PwnTra1n@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 年前

    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.

  • Molin@lemmy.world
    20·
    2 年前

    I am a lurker for life, probably, but I will try to be better for Lemmy, to help the site grow.

  • seananigans@lemmy.world
    19·
    2 年前

    I think that as a result of the size of reddit, it was unlikely to have engagement when you commented, and it was common to get unkind engagement if it did happen. It’s nice to have a fresh start, but since there’s less of us, it is also a much more intimate experience.

  • Mogofwin@lemm.ee
    17·
    2 年前

    Yep! Since it is a smaller community, it feels less like screaming into the void. There’s a good chance people will see a comment, even if it isn’t made in the first hour or so.

  • Nawaf@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 年前

    I’ve always been a lurker, but I am trying to change. However, I don’t want to comment for the sake of just commenting as well.