Finally found an instance that could handle the traffic.

No posts yet, but I think I've already commented more here in a few days than my last 5 years on Reddit.

I made two communities, they are niche for sure, but I'm doing my part lol

I've been a lurker on reddit for the most part and it seems easier to talk on Lemmy. I guess because it's a smaller community, or because your instance feels a little more private.

One un-ironic way to have a boom in content and users is expanding the amount of porn on the fediverse. That had a massive contribution to tumblr and reddit

You're not the boss of me. Lurking has been a tried and true past time of link aggregators since time immemorial. If this community can't function without lurkers, it's DOA.

I'm not much of a content creator... But I love following contents creators... Am I useful?

Fine. But only long until it gains adoption. Then it's back to the shadows.

Well i had an account just to lurk on reddit, but like anything else in life things eventually come to an end. I don't know what kind of content can be easily imported here. Years ago, i would post about a variety of things, but recently the content that i see is much less varied than it was, so posting has become less interesting. Guess searching stuff on google earth is just as fun as it was than instead. It's interesting to see all this activity without gpt-fied comments tho

Ive been doing just that, decided to go in at the deep end and make my own Digital Art community, its fun watching it grow, its already coming up on 100 subscribers, and i plan on openeing up submissions at around 200 subs since then people will have a decent size community to see the posts.

It seems the world is indeed what we make of it. Join us!

My content is pretty shit, but I'll glady support and comment on you more interesting folks' stuff!

Don't tell me how to Lemmy...

I mean you're right.

Just did my part by posting my pup in the cute cats and dogs thing.

I lurk therefore I am.

I'm working on it, but I'm trying to refrain from making dozens of posts on a community I created. However, I'd have no problems doing so.

I’ve been participating a lot more here because it feels like my contributions have more impact than they did on Reddit.

I'm not a particularly entertaining or creative person outside of my music (which I don't think anyone would care about), but I do like to post and interact with text posts like AITA/NoStupidQuestions/ChangeMyView/etc, so I look forward to taking part there.

I think we stand a chance of bringing over the best parts of reddit while leaving behind all the negative aspects, I think a lot of people who lurked before (myself included, <4000 karma after 10 years) will be much more willing to engage here.

I've been lurking on Reddit for years now but now that I've switched to Lemmy, I'll probably participate in discussions more. Plus, the vibe is so much more positive and welcoming here than on Reddit!

I gotta stop lurking...

I'm trying to comment more often, but I have anxiety issues. Baby steps.

I enjoy writing comments, but not so much making posts. Does this make me a "partial" lurker?

As a lurker I agree

I see a bunch of "community squatting" - people creating communities but not contributing, hoping it'll take off.

As good etiquette, I'd suggest that if you create a community, try to post something yourself!

Good point, I started a ukulele community a few hours ago but I've no real idea how to publicize it or add more people.

If we comment even when we have nothing to say we end up with comments like 'this'

I have a broad question. Forgive me if it's dumb as I am not super technically savvy.

Is there a way to put a massive set of common image memes into a pool we can pick from and just have something point to that image? I keep reading that storage space is quickly going to be an issue for instances, and that seems like a good way to reduce some data.