We can make this a great interesting place and more people will join

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    I don’t lurk just to lurk, I just have nothing to say most of the time. Still waiting on the niche reddit communities I was a part of to make it here, if they ever do.

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    Full-time lurker here, I’m trying, but going from content consumption to content sharing is a weird mindset change.

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    Was a total lurker in reddit. No accounts, nothing. Just browsing the subreddits.

    But I joined lemmy just to help the cause. And put up a good fight.

    Yeah. I’m seeing myself using it more and more.

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    I think we stand a chance of bringing over the best parts of reddit while leaving behind all the negative aspects, I think a lot of people who lurked before (myself included, <4000 karma after 10 years) will be much more willing to engage here.

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      How dare you talked? Do you have no manners? /s

      I didn’t comment/post that much on reddit either, it’s tough.

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    I have been trying to upping my game from Liking to Commenting. Still didn’t have Idea to post though, lol…

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      I lurked reddit for years before I made my first comment. Some of the larger subreddits still feel so hostile I rarely posted on them. Enjoying the feel of this place though.

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      I don’t even know how to post yet. Is the URL field the community or Instance? I assume it’s the community because all posts would go into whatever instance you’re on…

      I wish they had a drop down of at least the communities your subscribed to.

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    I’m not interested in maintaining a community (I don’t have the time to be a moderator), but I have been trying to comment as much as I can. Also, if you think you have something to post about, just make a post.

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    More importantly, talk about stuff besides Reddit!

    I tried using Voat 6(?) years ago when there was a similar (but smaller-scale) protest. The fact that a lot of Voat users were those chased out of hate subs was part of the problem, but the other part of the problem was that half the content was “look how much better we are than reddit”.

    Discussion about reddit is fine (it is still a big site), but we need our own content too.

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        It’s almost as if making a site dedicated to people too racist, sexist, antisocial, etc, for even Reddit’s lax moderation policies, was a bad idea.

        And that’s before it became a central hub for literal treason.

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      I forgot all about voat.

      I’m hopeful that large scale subs going dark will help us. That and being forced off of 3rd party apps.

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        the community here is doing a decent job - I think it’s just whether we can all continue to engage actively here (and not get up to shenanigans like defederating from everyone else ahem)

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    I’m a bit of an introvert, even online. But HEY look at me participating here with my first ever lemmy comment! Small steps, right?

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    That’s what I’ve been trying to do myself. I’m really not an interactive kind of person on these online communities. I’m almost always a lurker, but I’m really trying to push myself to be more active, because I want an open-source and federated Reddit alternative (and ActivityPub in general) to succeed!

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    i would post but for now i don’t have anything to post. I was more of a commenter on reddit anyway

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    I wish I could just share my enthusiasm with everybody, but I get very anxious that what I’d find interesting people will find dull or maybe even troll… that’s something I experienced with actual Reddit, I guess, and now it has carried over pretty much everywhere. I’ll try my best because I want to contribute to a better experience not just for me but everybody!