Similar to Mastodon’s spikes last year, it seems. Anyways, there is data to think about. Source

  • cRazi_man@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Even lurkers are still part of the community.

    I started out looking for an exact replacement for Reddit (where I mostly lurk). Initially I thought the lack of content and traffic on Lemmy was a bad thing, but I now see it as early days of a community and lack of content means I have a chance to make a post or comment that is valued and gets engagement from other users. Reddit was so mature that anything I wanted to post was either already there, not welcome or buried under an ocean of other content/comments. If you use both you could even find good content on Reddit to crosspost on Lemmy.

    It’s quite nice being part of a small community now. Even just an up/down vote from you will be worth more here. It’s great.

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      1 year ago

      I used to be a reddit lurker. I would go into a thread for a post and look for the thing I would have posted, and upvote it.

      I can’t do this on Lemmy, I actually have to write stuff now I guess, otherwise it doesn’t show up. I don’t like it.

      Feels weird man.

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        actually have to write stuff now I guess, otherwise it doesn’t show up

        can you exoskeleton this one for me? I don’t get it.

        (autocorrect, just guess what that word was supposed to be)

        • urist@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          1 year ago

          Just a joke. I used to just read the comments in reddit threads and be satisfied with the conversations already being had. The subreddits I usually visited were busy enough that I had plenty to read. Rarely did I ever feel like logging in to add something. (I’m also unoriginal, so if I thought of a joke I’d go find it in the reddit thread and upvote it, ha).

          Lemmy has less comments, less to read. But I also don’t pointlessly scroll forever, so I guess that’s probably good.