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We’re about to enter another Reddit mass migration phase starting tonight. We’ve already attracted the users most actively engaged with the protests and Reddit’s changes—users who are driven enough to put in the effort to grow the Fediverse.

Now we need to make it feel like home to casual users and lurkers. Not just attract them for a few visits, but keep it interesting enough that they stay here in the coming weeks/months.

Major kudos to all the developers working day and night to bring us familiar-feeling apps and interfaces on insanely short timelines. But what can the rest of us do to make Kbin and Lemmy feel like home to all the new Reddit refugees? Populate Lemmy and Kbin with as much quality content as you can find!

Over the next few weeks, fill your magazines/communities with as much good the content as you can. Post comments and subscribe to things. Click that upvote button on content or comments you like.

Not sure where to find good content? Ironically, check out your favorite subreddits for ideas. Make sure we have the best of the content you can find on Reddit. See a good article or link? Post it here! Don’t be shy about posting to interactive communities like Ask Lemmy- we’re after volume.

For OC Reddit posts, see if there’s a non-Reddit page to post here. I don’t know whether it’s acceptable to copy text posts, but if you do, make sure you at least give credit/copy a link to the original post.

Basically, do everything you can to engage over the next few weeks and avoid lurking. Show off the Fediverse and welcome the next group of Reddit refugees to their new home.

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[-] eldrichhydralisk 7 points 1 year ago

I'm trying my best to remember that all those things that somebody definitely already posted when I was on Reddit might be my job to post here. It's refreshing!

[-] fieldhockey44@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I know, it's something I have to keep reminding myself of too. If I ever find myself thinking 'man, this content feels stale,' that's also my fault and something I can fix

[-] 70ms 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have a pic that hit the top of r/all and was thinking about posting it in pics or aww, because it's cute and funny and I want it to live freely, but I'm afraid of coming off as karma farming. :|

[-] eldrichhydralisk 1 points 1 year ago

Lemmy doesn't track overall karma. I think you're good. Bring on the cute and funny!

[-] Bozicus@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

I'm having trouble getting my head around the idea that people here actually want me to post and comment here. A lot of places online, I feel like my comments or posts are too long, or no one cares, or the space is just so saturated with content that I have nothing of value to add.

Probably that's at least partly my own insecurities, of course, but it's still mind-boggling to be told that not only can I contribute as much as I like, people want me to do it. And I'm a little scared that I will still manage to annoy people, lol, I have just been yelling at myself for so long.

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I agree with you man, I'm the same.

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I agree with you man, I'm the same.

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I agree with you man, I'm the same.

[-] fieldhockey44@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

You’re not the only one! That’s partly why I made that post- on Reddit I would make 1-2 posts a year and only got real traction with 1 or 2 ever. I was always too late for my comments to matter and I usually just browsed and voted.

Here, the community is smaller so each post and comment matters more, and for the most part I’ve found it a lot more welcoming. I realized that engaging more proactively was a lot more fun than on Reddit, and I thought that others would probably be thinking the same way so maybe this post would help break down that passive habit so many of us have from Reddit.

[-] Bozicus@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

It's nice to know I'm not the only one. <3 And yes, this post is helping. Every time I scroll by, it seems a little less weird. I've been trying to think back to the time ~20 years ago when I felt more confident and engaged. There were spaces where I actually was trying to keep the ball rolling, and I think the same principles will apply. But trying to put myself back in that headspace is not easy, and there are some parts of that time in my life that Idon't want to recreate, lol. But I think it's worth making the effort, if only to see how it goes.

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I agree with you man, I'm the same.

[-] bayport@yall.theatl.social 2 points 1 year ago
[-] unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I volunteer to find a bunch of hentai porn and dump it all over the place.

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I can join, but sadly there's few communities (or even none) to post them. We need r/hentai and r/wholesomehentai equivalents :<

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I can join, but sadly there's few communities (or even none) to post them

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I can join, but sadly there's few communities (or even none) to post them. We need r/hentai and r/wholesomehentai equivalents :<

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I can join, but sadly there's few communities (or even none) to post them

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