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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.

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[–] omgnvq@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Definitely posting more, i feel like on reddit it could too easily get a bit aggressive sometimes whereas, whilst people are disagreeing in comments on lemmy, it is a nicer tone. Less intimidating.

That and the volume of messages (lower) makes it feel less intimidating for me.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Because it's new and everyone is still enjoying the "Lemmy good, Plebbit bad" mentality/circlejerk out of the current events we are having.

[–] Fiddler54@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The interactions feel more authentic here. Sometimes I would read a single comment chain where multiple people were talking about separate subjects and somehow still having a conversation. It made my head hurt.

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Although it’s only been a couple of days, I feel more connected here. You don’t have conversations on Reddit anymore unless you’re a in a small subreddit. If you don’t comment on a Reddit post within the first hour, no one sees it. It’s not about karma, it’s about engagement and community.

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

As someone who experienced the digg migration, this is the magical place Reddit once was

[–] neardeaf@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m trying to find the most popular communities so I can figure out what websites blogs I can post and generate content like I was used to when browsing subreddits

[–] Sinister_Grape@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I posted a fair amount on Reddit, this place seems fun.

[–] acetuk@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

I am exactly the same. I have posted here more times than I did on Reddit in total.

There is just something ‘nice’ about being here. I love that there are region/area specific sites you can join and go from there. I have joined the UK specific Feddi.uk and have found a lot to enjoy.

Let’s all help make this the place to be going forwards.

[–] robbiedisco@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Yup, mostly lurker to poster

[–] The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No, I still remain a lousy human

[–] odama626@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I post way more than I ever did on reddit

[–] Kethal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I didn't post on Reddit because I felt no desire to give free content to a business making money from me. Although lots of people really felt like it was a community, I didn't. I thought it was like a theme park - dressed up like a town in order to make you feel like you weren't inside a store. This seems like a real community, at least at the moment.

[–] Xepher@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Same with me. I was a lurker on reddit and never really felt the need to contribute, but with Lemmy I really want the place to grow and it needs content to do that.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Vohki@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've become a more avid lurker compared to a infrequent lurker on reddit

[–] Aimhere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't say that I'm any more or less active a poster on Lemmy versus Reddit. If the community has a topic I'm interested in and engaging content, I will post and reply.

[–] SteveXVII@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

I am defenitely more active here when posting, but, looking at my reddit-account it becomes clear I was an active commenter before I left.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

One of us, one of us!

[–] dmtalon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm trying to support the change. I joined 6/11, I stopped visiting the other site the same time.

I created a community that didn't exist yet here (in the fediverse) and am trying to post /comment more then I would normally. I wasn't a lurker over there but I am more engaged here.

Long live the new(ish) fediverse :)

Edit: I also removed my content and deleted my 12yo account on 7/1

[–] VediusPollio@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like there's more reason to participate here. I may end up posting more, but several of my posts returned in error. Server issues, I assume, but frustrating when I'd have to rewrite everything.

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Definitely, don't feel nearly as self conscious about posting with less activity

[–] ygghnuf62@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I would have commented 4 times in last many years on reddit. On Lemmy (across instances) I have already posted over 40 in the last few weeks.

[–] average650@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. It's too easy to get lost in large communities. Smaller communities let you get heard.

[–] WagnasT@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago

Almost any thread i opened within the first few posts someone already said what i would have said, so i would just scroll until i found my confirmation bias, updoot and move on. i wonder if lemmy will get so massive that the problem comes here.

[–] genoxidedev1@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've posted 4 threads on Kbin which is, to my knowledge, more than I had posted on Reddit. So, yes indeed! The difference here is pretty much that you do not need to post at a specific time of the day to get any exposure at all in my experience.

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