• grte@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    It feels like a threshold has been crossed. Reddit related content is there but not so dominating as before. People are memeing other things, news and politics discussion is popping up, particularly popular posts from more niche communities as well, it feels like a much more healthy mix of content now compared to the beginning of July and especially compared to when I joined during the reddit blackout.

  • BadaBing@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Super impressed with growth over the last week alone. I really was worried how I would adjust to not being on Reddit after Apollo died but I feel pretty encouraged now.

  • MusketeerX@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s weird these numbers are so small, it should feel dead. But there are a lot of great discussions and a lot of good laughs to be had here.

    The level of engagement for the very small numbers here must be quite impressive.

    I guess it’s the old quality vs quantity.

    • Bearigator@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I suspect the type of person who was motivated to move to Lemmy is the type of person who posts more often.

      There are also people who are posting here more because they want to participate and see Lemmy grow. I know that is me and I can’t be the only one. I’ve posted more on Lemmy than the last 3 years of Reddit combined im pretty sure. I always just lurked over there but I want this to go well so I participate more.

  • whereisdani_r@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ahh the future satisfaction I’ve given myself to me by being able to say 10 years from now “there were no posts! …no one knew what an instance was…” and hopefully it was still be good and that day im acting holier than thou

  • SighBapanada@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I used to have a high barrier of thought prior to posting but now I just post whatever bullshit is on my mind at that moment just so I can keep threads active. Like I’m doing now

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      1 year ago

      I had a mindset that I had nothing of value to contribute to the conversation. On here, I type out what I would have at Reddit, but I was just wrong. I get plenty of people who engage with me.

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        1 year ago

        On reddit I always had the feeling that someone else had already made my point for me. Here I find myself submitting all those comments and posts that I just deleted halfway through before.

    • Becoming@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That’s exactly why I’ve always been a mere lurker. Maybe I should change that!