• li10@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Where they at tho?

    We all know there’s barely enough people here. It’s not unusable, but there are so few people it’s always the same users posting and commenting, and it can be a bit dead occasionally.

    I’m committed to the fediverse, but we could do with another big push from people dumping Reddit. Part of that would also rely on us (🫵) not being obnoxious towards the potential new users 👀

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        9 months ago

        I heard it’s something like 90% of people lurk, 10% of people comment, 1% of people post. So you need a pretty substantial population just to have enough posts and comments for the lurkers to still hang around.

        It’s also why it was particularly dumb of Reddit to piss off their 1% and 10%.

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        9 months ago

        Yep, I’m part of the problem. Was super active on Reddit, dumped them, then just don’t really have the energy of fucks anymore to create content or comment really; it’s a shame…

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        9 months ago

        When I was a kid in the 70s, a lurker was a turd that had failed to flush away properly. As in : “Dad left a big beefy lurker in the toilet again.” How language changes.

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        9 months ago

        It’s just a bad habit for me really. I’m so used to reddit immediately slaughtering anyone who doesn’t conform with the hivemind even though Lemmy isn’t like that

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      9 months ago

      Isn’t the stat that like 95% of users only lurk? You’re measuring this by posters, not users, if you’re going by who you see post and comment.

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      9 months ago

      I don’t mind the idea of seeing the same user around. Feels more community centered

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      9 months ago

      I’m just kind of over social media. I gave this a try but I realised* I’m *the problem, not Reddit