I'm going to make an active effort to post stuff here, I used to just be a commenter on Reddit, time to branch out and try interacting with this place more. Should be fun.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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Yes. I want to contribute to Lenny’s success if I can 😀
Absolutely, this feels less intimidating in a way. I've probably commented more here at the fediverse over the last few weeks then my whole time at Reddit
I feel this way too! I started out active on Reddit (like 11 years ago damn I’m old) but then it started to get so big I just didn’t feel comfortable posting anymore. It’s been an adjustment to actually participate here lol
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No karma (on Kbin it's hidden inside the profile page, so same deal), healthier interactions, mods seem to have less tolerance to bullshit, and smaller userbase on instances in comparison with Reddit's huge userbase. It's a win-win.
mods seem to have less tolerance to bullshit
uh oh you're making me nervous, bullshit is my specialty
If bullshit is good, there is no problem. But if bullshit is evil... BOMB.
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
For sure, similar to what others expressed to help with engagement/activity. The centralized for-profit platforms hold way too much power over my infotainment appetite.
this place is just way nicer than reddit, don't see as many arguments over nothing here
Somewhat because I’m hoping to help build the community we want!
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.
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.
Definitely, don't feel nearly as self conscious about posting with less activity
I literally haven't posted anything on reddit since the blackout. All of my posting has been in the fediverse...
Much more so! Reddit just felt so vast it all just felt so damn futile haha
I definitely did. A lot of the communities I'm interested in are even smaller here, so I can actually post without just falling off the 'new' feed. Plus I've been commenting more too, and it seems like I'm not the only one. Got some local restaurant recommendations lol
It’s just you
I've always been a lurker and probably always will be. But until there's enough content to be lurked we all should do our part in creating the content and letting this whole site grow.
I'm posting some things that I would've normally just googled to do my part.
I honestly find I'm doing it less. Maybe I just have to find the right communities.
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no seriously it's so much more engaging and chill than Reddit , you don't have to deal with karma whores etc etc... Love it here
I was banned from reddit for averting a ban so that's my engagement, before that I would post often on Reddit.
If anyone is curious why I was banned I argued in some conservative subreddit and was muted by a shitty mod who I called a bad name and that was enough to be banned, getting busted on a different account resulted in a heavier ban.
So fuck Reddit
Definitely commenting and upvoting more. Didn't even think about it until I saw your post!
Same! I've posted more this week than I have in the last 10 years on Reddit. I feel like I can actually join a real discussion with real people here. Posts aren't filled with 500 bot comments 5 minutes after being posted and my comments aren't auto-removed because I don't meet some random requirement for posting in that sub or not having enough karma or whatever.
I also signed up on a few different instances while checking things out and I've kinda created different themes for myself. It's been helping me keep track of discussions better having all my politics discussions on one instance, local and sports stuff in another, and general scrolling/random in another.
Definitely more prolific thus far considering all the communities I've found on Lemmy so far are for hobbies and interests, and not just the slew of assorted cat pic subreddits I was subscribed to on Reddit. I'm sure the latter will come in time though.
Oh, I already blocked the Cats magazine because my feed got blasted with cat pics. Not again!
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Nah, I've actually posted less on lemmy so far
Yep!
Don’t have as many rules about how to post here and new posts don’t get caught up with needing to be approved.
Don’t have as many rules about how to post here and new posts don’t get caught up with needing to be approved.
Don’t have as many rules about how to post here and new posts don’t get caught up with needing to be approved.
Mostly active on my own instance (Feddit.nl) with posts and comments.