You have to add kindling to build the fire, and thats why I try not to only lurk here.

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.

I’m in this boat. I just want to see lemmy succeed as a legit Reddit alternative.

Edit: WefWef has made me feel right at home, coming from the Apollo app. If you haven’t tried it, check it out! (https://wefwef.app)

I rarely posted on Reddit, mostly because I would try to find a conversation already in progress instead of making my own post. Also, my posts rarely caught that much traction. I commented a lot more frequently, several times a week. I’m still fairly infrequent, mostly because in my early internet years I posted A LOT of cringe on Facebook/Myspace so I tend to be a little more measured in my internet footprint now.

I certainly have.

I am but I’m very quickly finding out I have nothing to contribute.

I absolutely did, at least for commenting. Partly because I want to create traffic for Lemmy, and partly because it feels just… Nicer here. More genuine interaction, less quippy one liners or insults.

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

Not yet, but in Reddit in recent years I mostly posted in niche little places for interests I didn’t know there was a community for. I’m just hoping they will migrate or evolve over here because I found so many fun little hobbies because of the organic finding of new subs that Reddit seemed to foster.

And I have a 4mo old baby so that limits my time too. Every day though there is more and more, so I’m hoping I’ll be a contributor to help it grow soon!

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.

I post way more than I ever did on reddit

No, I still remain a lousy human

For sure! That’s because I was banned, though. I said something to trumpers in a thread that was just apparently too much. Happy to be here, though.

Yes all my comments are non relevant nonsense but I’m having fun.

Still a lurker tbh, aside from this comment