YSK: If you find an interesting topic/rabbit hole, you can get some real engagement here if you share it. It doesn't get drowned out like elsewhere.
I know a lot of lurkers like me out there are browsing, but there's quite a bit of engagement capitol on the federated instances. If you find an interesting topic and the right community, you get a lot of feedback. There's not much hate being thrown out there either.
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For any lurker out there: a lot of it is just mental. It can be a hurdle to get over the first few times, but once you start posting and getting responses it feels more like a conversation than a feed, and you can get more out of it.
I lurked exclusively on Reddit because there were too many people to be able to talk to anyone (there’s a Yogiism for you). It’s all just a series of comments there.
So give it a chance, see if you like it some more. There are plenty of nice, knowledgeable and talkative people here to meet.
You perfectly describe how it felt on Reddit to comment and what turned me into a lurker after the years went by. Doing my best to be more active on Lemmy to help get this thing growing!
Same thing for me. Felt a little more free!
Looking at your posts, it seems like you’re really into ecology/farming/wildlife. I think Lemmy is currently seeing the biggest growth with its tech and tech-adjacent communities. Whether it’s because it’s a little more complex to use or because that’s just the demographic that knows about it more, I can’t say for sure.
It reminds me of the earlier days of Reddit (which I didn’t even participate in), when it was almost solely a programming/tech community. As it grew in users, so did the variety of communities. I think Lemmy is going to be similar.
I applaud you for building up the communities you’re a part of. I hope that you can look back in a few years and realize that you sowed the seeds for something that grew much bigger.
Slrpnk tends to be pretty active, i always enjoy browsing my local feed :)
That is really nice, im glad i saw your commect tho -- the aussie instance seems like a great place & i subbed to a few communities there :) slowly but surely the niche subs will het active lol
yep, not big enough user base for niche posts but hey the community is growing really fast, faster that I imagned
Try yelling fire, using the word "alot", or threatening a puppy? I've looked at your posts and while they are intellectually stimulating, there's a degree of knowing your audience involved. I would wager many people on here are people in drool mode after a rough patch at work.
There's also the fact that I'm a liar.
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Do rabbitholes belong here? I'm a full on spelunker of them, but I fail to see how they align with this community as it's geared towards tips and tricks.
Rabbitholes, to me at least, are those bits of mental lint that don't really serve a purpose other than to expand your knowledge base. Their depths can vary, but are typically very complex (deep) in nature. Like the fall of the Ottoman Empire or some shit like that. Does it influence your day to day functioning? no. Is it interesting? yes.
I think by "here" OP meant the fediverse in general, hence "an interesting topic and the right community". I would guess this is just encouraging people to post more in general (which I appreciate as I was mostly a lurker for my 13 years on Reddit)
precisely so thx
One of the things I’ve enjoyed about lemmy; posts/comments feel far more engaging and don’t get drowned in thousands of comments that often don’t contribute much if anything.
You don't like when the first half of a thread is shitty puns and the same stupid jokes nonstop? Weirdo
There was something comforting, though, about the predictability of it all.
Sounds like a good idea for a new community.
It does! It could be called rabbitholes and people could go there to post highlights from whatever rabbithole they fell down.
I set it up: lemmy.world/c/downtherabbithole I’m more than happy for anyone to mod with me. @clueless_stoner if it becomes active and more than I can manage, can I give you a shout?
Thank you!
@qwet @Track_Shovel @TrismegistusMx what do you think?
Noted, thanks for feedback.
So far, Lemmy has been an oasis in a desert of outrage bait, 'ackshually' jerks, and the shitty gamesmanship of other platforms. I really hope it lasts.
This is why I stopped engaging on Reddit.
I was covering my ass more there than at work. Everything needed a disclaimer.
Yes! It seemed like there was always someone trying to prove how wrong you are or how much more right they are no matter the topic. I'm trying to break myself out of the lurking habit and engage more here.
One of my controversial opinions is beloved TV presenter Stephen Fry has done more harm in last 20years than any other celebrity (including Trump).
QI approach of 'but akshly' klackson and in game punishing people for having interest in topic but not knowing fully lead to confrontational approach to knowledge that led to smug 'but aksuly' on one side and pushed those that like to get bits of trivia to share but may not have full knowledge towards the anti-intelectual, fuck experts approach.
Instead if people did the xckd 10000 people approach https://xkcd.com/1053/ and rather than making fun, build up others knowledge and excite them to learn, then maybe they wouldn't turn their backs on knowing
I agree with your statement totally. But I'm now curious of the nature of your controversial opinion! I know who Stephen Fry is and have a general idea of his work. I've seen him in many movies and listened to a few of his shows on the BBC that's it. But I can't say I've followed him closely at all. How has he done harm? (genuine question promise, I'm definitely interested in knowing another side of him that I hadn't considered or seen)
It’s only been a few days, perhaps a week, of me being here, but I have to admit to loving the very high signal to noise ratio. I have some learning to do about how to make communities or whatever the equivalent of subreddits are, or search to see if the place I’m thinking of might already exist, but I’ll figure it out. Let’s hope we keep growing around here.
YSK it's a lot. Alot is a fictional character created to illustrate this point.
Thanks Alot, for sharing this, it was a great fun read
What happened to his brother, Allot?
Hanging out with that guy Noone
alot of engagement.
A certified classic
It seems to me that most posts/reposts on reddit are just for the fake internet points. But here on lemmy, people post just to keep the place active, & engage in some conversation.
They drown out the actual posts and we get a worst of both worlds issue :(
Follow me for Horse Facts
You better stop horsing around
This inspired me to post on one of my favorite
subscommunities that made its way over to LemmyGot me good 😂
OP, you should know that a lot is two words.
Nothing is obscure on the internet.
I think of it every time I see 'alot', but honestly I thought it was from the oatmeal comics before I looked it up to find this picture. I don't think I've seen the source in over 5 years!
I recall her saying something about her drawing style. People said she was doing it like the oatmeal but that's just the way she draws.
How much better?
Alot more people should of paid attention to there English lessons
This hurted so much
going back i see now why you were triggered.
Not necessarily. I post all the time here and Kbin. Zero engagement.
Your comment just got me engaged!
Consultations on your engagement. Who are you marrying?
Well just know that I'm now listening to a bad religion album because of you. Thanks!
The down the rabbit hole youtube channel is really great for mildly obscure interesting topics.
How is maintaining a community compared to an instance? It would be neat to make one, but what keeps me from making one is having to moderate it or maintain it.
Super easy. I just made one for fun, (@worldwithoutus)
and there's no one in it, so there are no moderation chores at all!
I figure if enough people ever join it that it becomes hard, some of them would want to moderate with me anyway.
I never made anything at reddit, but it's way less intimidating here in the fediverse.
You can always hand it off if it gets to be too much of a hassle and someone wants to take over.
alright, good to know.
Go for it man! I had never moderated over on Reddit but I wanted to contribute on Lemmy so I started up some communities. Everyone has behaved themselves so far and people have been pretty positive about things. Eventually it might get overwhelming (if Lemmy really takes off), but there's always the option of adding more mods to help.
I just made one: ![email protected] more than happy for moderators to join me! I’ll sort the sidebar etc tomorrow.
Joined, thanks!!
Nice
Just made one lol
This post goes together well with the RSS post from earlier.
YUP!!!
hard disagree and this assumption is further proof of that.