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How can we boost Lemmy membership? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Spasmolytic@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Since my favorite reddit app came to Lemmy I'm really keen on getting more people into the fediverse to pump up the volume of content around here. Are there any initiatives that we can assist to get folks onboard?

I had my wife join, and she likes it, but laments the slow pace of new material in the communities.

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[–] joemo@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, don't just post for the sake of posting. Find something you're interested in and try to be active there. If a community doesn't exist, make one!

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is daunting. I don't want to make one. I have a full-time job and a house to take care of. I haven't had a day off in over a month. I'm not set up to moderate a community. I'm not even set up to vet moderators. People say this on Lemmy all the time like it's the easiest thing in the world. It's not for everyone.

[–] joemo@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

That's just the state that Lemmy is in right now. It's not a massive community like Reddit is. It's not easy! It's very time consuming, and probably not a very rewarding experience. However, if you want to use Lemmy that's probably the best solution. Either that or come back when it's a more mature software. You would have had a similar experience in the early days of Reddit.