I see many communities that got started in the last ten days. Sadly, some that I’m most interested in are not that active. Some are not active at all.

What are you doing to help your community? How do you go from lurking to contributing? Spreading the word?

Also, what’s for breakfast?

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    1 year ago

    This is a good start.

    I’m trying to be more vocal than I have been in the past, specifically because if everyone lurks, there’s nothing to read. So even creating silly chat threads is a good start, to drive engagement.

  • Random_Character_A@lemmy.one
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    I don’t proselytize, since everyone I know uses facebook, twitter etc. I’m the only one who views non-anonymous social media harmful on individual and community level.

    Every time discussion turns to this subject, they all get this “here we go again, not listening” expression on their face. So, I’m not gonna go there anymore.

    Breakfast was French tee, jogurt and mueslibar.

  • wreel@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Concentrate on just a few communities to comment and post. It’ll be too easy to spread yourself thin and feel overwhelmed. If you feel you’re very knowledgeable in a particular area then that community needs you now.

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      Yep. No time to be active in every community. We should focus on just a few each day.

      Good points.

  • Lazycog@lemmy.one
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    Better start contributing yourself first :) We all flock to content and building a community takes time.

    I started by posting into my favourite communities [email protected] and [email protected]. Starting to feel like it’s getting traction now. I’m sure many checked the communities out and didn’t stay because there was nothing to comment and no questions, and creating a post can be intimidating. Go for it!!

    Breakfast: Air and water because I wake up too late to work every morning…

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      Hope you have an excellent lunch later. A rumbling tummy can be distracting.

      I’m trying to contribute on the regular. One downside is the Jerboa app. It crashes when trying to add a community outside of it’s search bar. I’d have subscribed to more except for that. I might find more stuff to participate in if that were not the case.

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        1 year ago

        Thanks! I did and agreed!

        And glad to hear you are active, sad about jerboa crashes :( I use lemmy as a PWA and it has been great, but still looking forward to a stable app. Let’s hope development catches up!

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    What am I doing? I’m letting it grow naturally instead of posting condescending low effort crap like this post

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    I feel like I’ve been glued to kbin since joining, and adding new posts and articles to the smaller communities I want to see active. With varying degrees of success. I was only a lurker on reddit so this is quite a lot of activity for me! Trying to embody the idea of ‘be the change you want to see’…

    I don’t want to create magazines though as I don’t want to moderate and feel they would be better created by someone more dedicated.

    Oh and breakfast was a sesame bagel!

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    I am doing what I would have done on reddit, comment, interact with people. I rarely made posts over there as well though. I do also tell people about lemmy and about the jerboa for lemmy mobile app

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    I’m definitely becoming a kbin shill to all my friends and I think they’re starting to get tired. I’m trying my best to leave comments on posts that I find interesting. Haven’t posted anything yet because I don’t have anything to post. I will post when I find something interesting enough (I do have a backlog of stupid memes on my camera roll?).
    Breakfast was a granola bar. Slept in because it’s a holiday and I don’t have class. There’s a cinnamon roll I was planning on saving that I’m now eyeing.

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      Hmm. Cinnamon rolls. Yummy.

      Yes. I’ve always believed that you teach best when you show how through your daily actions.

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    I created my community (for fanfiction), after realizing I couldn’t wait for someone else to do it. I don’t usually have enough spoons to constantly post things. Interacted some, but not a whole lot on Reddit. I’m working with what energy I do have to make a good foundation.

    Hopefully, one day, enough people will be around to interact I can go back to my comfortable amount of interaction. I just want to read people talking about their projects and what they are enjoying! It can’t be too much to ask!

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      @a_mac_and_con Just subbed! I was looking for it and found another fanfiction magazine that only had a single post that was created a few days ago. I was disappointed, but then I found yours. Thank you.

      @MyMulligan

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    I just joined yesterday. I’ve always been more of a lurker, but trying to at least comment on stuff now to help get conversations rolling/more interaction. I think knowing that most of the communities are new and trying to gain traction, rather than being years old and just ghost towns gives a bit of hope.

    Breakfast for me was leftover pizza

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      Left over pizza is good breakfast food. My favorite leftovers for breakfast have always been Chinese food though.

      And welcome to the federated web. I’m new here myself. I find I’ve been more active than I ever was on reddit. It feels like more people have good intentions here than on the other platforms.

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      This is the way. Be the participation you want to see in the world.

      Also, eggs, sausage, and grits.

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        Hmm. Love grits. It’s the perfect transport medium for all of the butter you put on them. 😀

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    I messaged the owner of /m/[email protected] to see if they intended to be active and didn’t hear back, so I made /m/[email protected] and have been posting anything relevant I could while I wait for other people that maybe care at all about that stuff.

    Otherwise I’m trying to pick one sub to post to for each of my broader hobbies, and I respond regularly to whatever pops up in /all

    No food yet just coffee - probably make an egg Sammy soon

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      Same here with the coffee. I’ll have a cup or two before moving on to a banana or apple later.

      Excellent work in creating a community You’re braver than me. I’ll join both. Although my cigar smoking is a rare occurrence, I do enjoy a good tobacco.

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    I have nothing interesting to post about. I’ll just upvote and comment here and there. If I find a community I like, I will engage more often.