On one hand yeah! But on the other, I'm not fully sure we want the Reddit chain of comments that add nothing to the conversation?
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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You aren't entirely wrong, but I feel it could help build an appearance of high activity, which would help attract people. Also; many people wish to contribute but stifle the words before they can come out of their mouth, and I'm hoping a post like this could be the push they needed.
It's a fair call, I think I'll push send more often from now on!
Honestly half the reason I don't post these days is more not wanting to feed LLMs/dox myself further, but that's a whole other can of worms
yeah, the web-scraping is getting insane, but I think in my case, the motivation to contribute has finally overcome my data preserving tenancies.
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I am SO thankful that there are so many people out there working on projects such as this! I gained lots of momentum in the past weeks protecting my privacy and taking digital matters back in my own hands, i wouldn't have come so far if it wheren't for all the other people who have been doing this for years! Thanks everyone :)
You said it! I remember years back looking for reddit alternatives and the only things around were stuff like raddle.me. Seeing lemmy and the fediverse develop like this? It's a dream come true!
100%! Been doing it for a year.
Also, I find a nice way to fill my feed is to liberally subscribe to communities on Lemmy. I'm currently subscribed to 133. I set my feed to Subscribed+Scaled and that works incredibly well to show me what I care about. Then when I get bored, I flip to All+TopDay to get what I missed that day.
great advice, thank you! We need some more people like you around here :)
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I go through a cycle for this. I leave Reddit because I hate it. And then I go here and well it's quite obvious it's a certain type of people who are willing to jump through hoops and use the fediverse. I find most of the opinions here to be a little bit too extreme for my taste. I just want to discuss football (soccer) and tech...
But I agree with you. It only feels empty because we all decide to not hit "post".
I'm exactly the same, here's hoping we'll pave the way for many more like us, hey?
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press send on that post that you felt wasn't of enough substance to be worth anyone's time.
I feel like you vastly underestimate the amount of subpar shitposts I'm capable of composing (and then thinking better of) in a given day.
I am trying to. I just found about lemmy today.
Can someone recommend me some other stuff?
Despite my seniority around these parts (first started an interest in lemmy around 2022) I'm not too tied into the community around here. I'd reccomend just subscribing to some interesting large communities, communities around your interests and whatever community would be best for whatever pops into your mind! If you'd like, feel free to message me and we can throw around ideas of what could be right for you!
Recommend Lemmy communities, or other Fediverse alternatives (like Mastodon as a replacement for Twitter, the same way Lemmy replaces Reddit)?
yes and I don't mind you can mention other Fediverse alternatives
I run a few history communities myself
[email protected] to share or admire pieces of the past - swords, armor, jewelry, or pieces of everyday life
[email protected] for photographs of the past (or film)
[email protected] for drawings and the sort of the past
[email protected] for photos of old ruins, if you enjoy seeing such things
And a few history meme communities with them
[email protected] for memes about history of all sorts, no restrictions!
[email protected] for memes about the GLORIOUS ROMAN EMPIRE
[email protected] for posts about the US Civil War and how slaver scum deserved their defeat
More generally, there's:
[email protected] for memes about ADHD and related disorders. A lot of comorbidity there.
[email protected] for anime pics of cool weapons and armor
[email protected] if you have any questions on random bits of history you've been wondering about
[email protected] for the ever-popular video game Baldur's Gate 3
[email protected] for pics of your own dogs or random dogs you've found online. Precious creatures!
[email protected] for the same, but for cats
[email protected] if you like old or obscure firearms
[email protected] for Lord of the Rings memes
[email protected] if you want some wholesome posts to take your mind off things or brighten your day.
[email protected] if you like anime girls in uniform
[email protected] or [email protected] for tongue-in-cheek militaria shitposting
[email protected] for talk about Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, etc
[email protected] for memes by/about/for girls who love girls
[email protected] for memes about tabletop RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons
[email protected] or [email protected] for memes in general (not much difference between the communities, just whichever you prefer - or both)
[email protected] for Warhammer/40K memes or memes about similar tabletop games
[email protected] for random posts that don't go anywhere else. Just put 'rule' in the title - as the 'rule' is that you must post before you leave!
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Just wanted to pop in and say, I am so glad so many of you are taking this to heart! I am sitting here with a genuine smile on my face, which for reference NEVER happens. Thank you everyone!
Hello,
Feel free to join [email protected] !
A set of relaxed communities: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/20504960
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Make a nice poster that encourages people to not just lurk, or dig one up if there's an old post. Post it weekly in [email protected]
I think I just might!
Y’know what, here I am! This is such a genuine request.
Thank you, friend! This post may very well be the tipping point for many Lemmings/Fediversers, myself included.
And I'm so glad to see you here! I sure hope you're right, but the fact that I'm responding to you alone shows just how right you are!
Small instance owner here. All are welcome. We have one really busy community here, and a few others that are just getting going that you might find interesting. You like World of Warships? The Last of Us? St. Louis Battlehawks? Abandoned Buildings?
You'll notice some of these communities are a ghost town. Images are broken and there's a rat eating pizza. So step up. Avoid the large, overwhelmed, weirdly-political instances and give us little guys a chance.
I'll begin by introducing myself. Hi! I am oleorun, named after the recently deceased Bob Uecker's Baseball Hall of Fame speech. My instance, https://real.lemmy.fan/, is known for the [email protected] community, but we have more to offer. [email protected] , a college radio station, [email protected] , and more communities waiting to be joined, and built, and best of all there's no ads, no donation requests, just pure love of a federated instance that thrives on niceness.
I'd be real happy for you to join us.
Edit: Typos
I cannot express how much respect I hold for instance owners, you're doing something great! Maybe one day I'll follow in your footsteps (when I step up from small game servers :P). Say, would those dead communities qualify for a post in c/abandonedarchitecture?
I got you rosahaj! I'll try to be better this year!
glad to hear it Oofnik!
I think 90% of my posts are deleted before sending because I just know that someone somewhere will find a way to be mad about it
But OK - here is a post that I would usually have deleted :)
As Someone Somewhere, I urge you to post more.
I cannot believe this account is two years old and not made just for this comment haha.
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I've also been posting less after managing to upset someone. We can have a club. The shy posters club.
I've only just managed to overcome my membership in the shy posters club haha! Hey, keep a seat warm for me while I'm away, okay?
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OMG really? How COULD you...
Neglect to offer your valuable opinion. Hey, you're a human and have valuable things to say. Haters gon hate. Fuck 'em.
Thank you :), and I'll just let you know, that this comment brought a smile to my face. I'm proud of you.
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lurk no longer
🙌
Lurk No More
One of us! One of us! ONE OF US!
One. Of. US!!
All I want to ask of you is to just comment a few more times, ...
I think I'm fully maxxed out.
They're squeezing water from a stone here DX
say, I hear you do something similar, Pug Jesus.
God bless you 🫡
I'm curious, how did you get those stats?
Thunder on Android. Its the best Lemmy app, if only it was less buggy :)
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And that was after I'd been on kbin.social for six months.
The hero we need
Just took a look and wow, I think you might be right, haha. Be proud, you are the fediverse's best soldier. 🏅