On reddit I was a lurker that posted like once or twice a year, but ever since joining lemmy I’ve started posting multiple times a day.

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      We need you, too. As long as you’re upvoting and downvoting, you’re helping curate content.

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        Plus lemmy only counts users who have posted or commented as an active user. So making at least one comment is helpful to gain traction.

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        Yeah, they’re actually the backbone of the community. We’re not the power that keeps the trolls at bay, they are.

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    Yeah, but I’m still doing it on purpose to help the community grow. Somebody’s gotta fill this place with content, and at the end of the day that’s our job.

    Normally I’m more of a commenter exclusively unless I need the services of a specific community. (video game question usually) But the Lemmy project has sent me digging for all the best youtube stuff I’ve seen in basically the past decade and then finding the community to shove it in.

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        You should share the thing that you’re most terrified to share with others and i bet its not boring… for e.g… maybe you like to eat boogers… i am sure lots of people will be like… holy hell man… and they will be repulsed … but it won’t be boring. Then you could start a niche community of booger eaters and this community could share stories and recipes… and that sir or miss… is how you contribute instead of lurking.

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    Same here, every post feels like I’m making a small contribution to a platform which I really want to succeed.

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    definitely find smaller sites like lemmy easier to post on since its much easier to repeat yourself on reddit and perhaps more modded so i refrain from saying a lot of stuff?

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    I had a Reddit account ~10y ago. I was only a lurker in the days before the exodus. This feels like a real community.

    Frist psot! /s

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    Me and my people are powered by spite. I am going to try and be more active to help everything along so that reddit may die.

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    Well yeah I’m currently posting all oc things i made and posted on Reddit to contribute to Lenny so that people are encouraged to join

    And i also got a few gigabytes of content I could repost, too.

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    I was on reddit for almost 15 years and i mostly just commented. I posted maybe 5 or 6 times at most. Been on lemmy for 2 days and im already at 3 (shitposts).