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[–] Selkie@lemm.ee 427 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Honestly a lot of it is probably people getting comfortable lurking again, Lemmy only counts post and comments as active users

[–] EmoBean@lemmy.world 132 points 1 year ago (5 children)

So glad I decided to stop lurking and actually start participating right as the whole fediverse dies out, it's not just lemmy.

[–] Szymon@lemmy.ca 92 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I find it more comfortable to contribute to Lemmy than to other sites. There seems to be actual discussion and opportunities to learn, which can be much harder to come across on the other platforms.

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And fewer comments that are clearly a chat bot.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

Don't worry! They've just become less obvious.

[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

When you come across a ‘user’ that almost exclusively defends one controversial politician/company/government and all of their comments seem to follow a script. Also the account is either brand new or 5 years old but only started posting recently.

[–] bighatchester@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That I agree with. I don't post often but when I do it's always very positive and makes me want to post more . Compared to Reddit where it would have alot more negative comments or would just get removed by the mods for some stupid reason. Did you know you can no longer post on r/buildapc about asking for suggestions on building PC's ? What's even the point anymore?

[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Did you know you can no longer post on r/buildapc about asking for suggestions on building PC’s ?

Yeah it's like a sub for a specific narrow purpose then people get buthurt about how people are always making the same posts over and over. So they turn it in to a wiki to "address repetitive spam" or whatever, so at that point you might as well just refer to one of the hundreds of other build lists found on other reputable sites. A lot of the productive hobby subs turn in to "hey check out my [reddit hyped product]!" and people actually posting things they've put effort in get little to no attention.

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Definitely trying to interact more, Lemmy is a gift imo.

[–] maniajack@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I feel like mastodon is doing alright.

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

The fediverse is not dying out, don't be dramatic.

[–] notsofunnycomment@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

For me Mastodon is still growing and getting more interesting, with more and more formal institutions joining (newspapers, NGOs, government institutions etc.).

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I comment on stuff to try to make discussions active, it rarely works.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It has to be authentic, you can't just comment to comment.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's just not true. I've made comments that I thought desirve no reply but humans find a way. If there's no comments to read the shared content just isn't that interesting. If I see comments then the shared content must be interesting enough to justify a discussion.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can agree with that, but being authentic definitely helps the conversations take off.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Of course it helps. But some of my shitty comments are scaping the bottom of the barrel of my knowledge or patience with the replier...

[–] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I comment because I crave validation from Internet strangers.

[–] Selkie@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

That's a very good comment

[–] alp@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

You know what? i just did!

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is something I've learned from online game forums. You actually have to be divisive to get a high amount of concurrent users.

It only seems to be the shit-shows that anyone feels obligated to post in.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well I think you're wrong, fuck you and your opinion /s

I actually don't know to what extent I agree with you, but your theory certainly feels plausible to me. It reminds me of the internet adage about how the best way to get a right answer to your question is to be wrong. I can't remember what it's called.

[–] randy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cunningham's law. And just to buck the trend, you didn't have to get it wrong to get the right answer ;).

[–] SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es 1 points 1 year ago

Aye, cunningham seemingly meant it as the fastest answer though, which was the sentence right afterwards in that wiki entry. So maybe mr. anarchist-with-a-machine-fetish would have gotten an answer earlier if he had said it was the anti-murphy's law.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I’ve been pretty successful and keeping conversations going! I DO comment quite a bit, though.

[–] axellenium@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Time to step out of the shadows then 🤭

[–] Elon_Moschus@feddit.de 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Commenting so I‘m active :)

[–] Selkie@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know how long it counts it for, but I try to remember to comment something like once every two weeks or something

[–] Elon_Moschus@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

that‘s a good idea. I will copy your „way of lemmy“.

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

I take a break over the weekend. If I comment, I need to check the client every hour or so. I don't want replies/rebuttals to linger without a response if it is warranted. I need to work on my car projects and can't be bothered with online interactions whilst doing so.

[–] SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's probably the one thing I like about lemmy that surprised me when compared to reddit. I've found myself commenting on posts or to replying to comments days after the initial posts, and no one seems bothered by it.

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, TTL is longer here. Deffo more casual.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 16 points 1 year ago

I'm doing my part!

[–] DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Me no lurk. Me comment.

[–] justtobbi@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

My comment to stop the lurk

[–] scifu@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Ok I am guilty of that. What about votes? Are they not counted as activity?

I’ll try to post atleast one comment every now and then.

[–] Emptiness@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Well in that case, ping!

Yeah, that's probably the case.

[–] margaritox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well, as they say: “I’m going my part”.

I try to make it a point to post questions on communities that have not kicked off yet, knowing that I most likely will not receive a response for a while.

[–] danteog@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Prometheus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Time to count me back in!

[–] alien@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Well count me in now