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At least on the communities i follow. Every so often I come across a thread where i recognize most of the users there even in the big communities with over 30k members and I haven't even been on lemmy that long.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Kinda yeah. BUT my comment to lurk ratio is still less than I did on Reddit. So even my few contributions are still more than I ever really did on Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Hello cousin! Wanna go bowling?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

It's a village vibe, grab onto the grapevine

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t see that as a problem personally

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

A boon, really.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There's a certain group of users I tend to come across here regularly. I post a lot myself too but I also have a habit of making new account about once a year so that not all my messages are from one user. I doubt many would remember me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

With such a user pool you'd think I'd make someone laugh

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, that's what you get with smaller communities, you tend to see the same people over and over.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I like it. It feels more genuine

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I almost never comment on anything. I imagine most users are like me.

Yes, I do see the same names popping up all the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

That's honestly crazy to me. What's the appeal of lurking?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

Sometimes what you were going to comment is already there, you updoot and move along.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Not the person you asked but another lurker. Social interaction is hard, even posting this I'm having second thoughts about it, but I still like to feel like a member of the community.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Congratulations to you on interacting! I agree with everything you said.

I'm certainly not one of the lemmy celebrities, but I've got nearly 900 comments on lemmy where I doubt I had 100 on Reddit. Not going back to check.

Lemmy is a just nicer place to comment than Reddit: smaller audience, kinder communities, much less intimidating. I don't consider there to be any pressure to make posts or to comment, but if you do, I doubt you'll regret it.

Either way, I personally am happy to have you here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Welcome to the community, fam!

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