Fediverse

There's like 5 people that are firehoses of content that are keeping lemmy alive.

Nice post, and thanks. I usually only comment and vote but have not created posts yet. That is my goal for 2026, to post at least one thing. I'm scared of the potential hateful insults I would get for posting something but I can be a dick sometimes, so I get it.

I upvote a lot, but I don't always comment as much as I should. I often find that I may or may not have anything particularly new to add to the comments.

Nobody really cares what I have to say.

1,800 comments and counting! One of them might even be valuable to the conversation.

I try, mostly through comments and votes.

But I was born a lurker :(

My instinct is to lurk even in this thread...

Don't tell me how to live my life.

A'ight you won, gotta say something for today. But i hardly understand how people do manage to be social enough to post almost every day, like, they manage to make everything interesting.

It usually takes me 30-40 minutes to find the strengh to post something. How others will react to it, or is it even meaningful to post it, I find myself facing theses questions as much irl as online.

Anyways, it truly is a very nice place here, I agree with you, thanks to thoses amazing posters who never get out of inspiration. Thank you all.

This is not a personal account, it's one for a site I'm building. I know many won't like that as it might come as spammy, corporate or whatever, but I have decided to use Lemmy as a place for discussion -in a related community- and Mastodon as the one for news and updates (together with old good RSS) and I have done it because I believe in a federated web.

I'm tired of walled gardens and billionaire-run feuds -and every web loading endless MBs of scripts from a dozen of third-parties (I mean, sometimes it can be justified, like on very complex sites... but not on a damn text blog, come on!)- or not working with my OS/browser of choice... and I want the Fediverse to keep growing and become not only a viable alternative but -and here I'm just daydreaming, I know- the default.

And to this point this post made me realize that it won't happen on its own -not the way most people are, anyway- and that we/I need to put more effort on it. I'm culprit of just signing up and... well, waiting. And that won't work. So thank you from bringing this matter to me, and I'll try to do my part from now on, if not with this account with a personal one.

Sometimes I debate on making a comment, and sometimes I simply don't have the energy to complete one. But sometimes, I think, "every comment grows Lemmy a little bit more" and decide, fuck it, I'll say something. People might like it, people might not like it, but you never know what can grow from such a little spark.

I appreciate Lemmy in this regard. We live in a world with many voices trying to drown out each other for a bit of public attention. It's enough to make some people think their own thoughts aren't worthy and to stay silent, discounting their potential contributions. Having a platform that's low-stakes, where people aren't chasing internet fame, gives many of us an opportunity to express ourselves for the sake of expressing ourselves. Having this outlet is vital for many of us. I'm glad to be a part of this community, and it is truly a community. I have no idea if anyone recognizes me, but I definitely recognize other frequent commenters. It's almost like we're neighbors, not in physical proximity, but with a shared gathering space to meet and share our thoughts.

And I love that.

There are days where ei literally don't even have time to read anything, let alone posting.

But I'm not a lurker.

I enjoy Lemmy because I tend to get a response. Despite the higher pop at Reddit, I often go ignored. It’s not unusual to have a back and forth chat with another commenter in a given thread here.

Aw what a nice sentiment 🥰 it has inspired my first reply here

Start a discussion, debate, or ponder about whether water is wet

Do we really need more petty debates? 😅

I've never been one to post much on any social media platform but on Lemmy I try to make it up by upvoting things I want to see on the platform and commenting to get discussions going.

How dare you invite me to participate!

90% of the Internet is made up of lurking.

I'm still just figuring out how fediverse / lemmy work, but I do get bored sometimes because of the lack of content, so I guess I'm part of the problem. I'll try to be more involved.

I've been trying to think of a good (for the lack of knowing the correct verbiage) 'subreddit' to start, but they all seem too specific for the amount of users on Lemmy. Also I wouldn't know how to start one. Comment down below any tips. Thanks!

One valuable way to grow Lemmy: pick a feed that interests you, even if it's got almost no traffic, and just start posting on it.

Whether you source your posts from equivalent subreddits, or other social media, or from relevant articles you come across in the news, you can - through 10-15 minutes per day of direct action - quickly create a valuable feed for others.

Much like how the best way to grow an in-person gathering is to commit to just keep showing up for a while, even if it's only you. It works in the fediverse too.

Contribtions to the fediverse are unwelcome in most popular spaces.

Unless you are just upvoting things.

If you are new you will be heavily scrutinized, and if the community owners don't love you instantly then your account goes in the "bot pile"

Makes it hard to want to participate when most relevant posts you make get removed and the mods ban you because they decide they don't like being embarrased when they're shitty.

Can’t comment, lurking.