To the people who want Lemmy to be more active, if you want that, you have to be part of it.
The internet adage is that on any forum 10% of users comment, and 1% post. Lemmy needs to break out of that paradigm, and users should be disproportionately active compared to user/activity on Reddit.
People like posting in places where other people are already posting. It’s a snowball effect. That’s why meme communities have managed to take off; the 1% of users can pump out a huge amount of memes in a short time and make the place feel more lively than it actually is, which in turn kickstarts it and makes it lively for memes.
I make posts mostly in non-meme communities because I think Lemmy should have that too. Some posts are just links but a lot of them are original content. I think it adds value but I simply cannot, as one person, post the kind of volume that memeposters can. These more niche communities need people to post.
If you are subscribed to an interest community, I strongly encourage posting new threads there.
What should I post? Like legitimately, I’m mostly into sports, but short of copying what’s getting posted in /r/NFL and /r/hockey, what should I do? Or maybe it’s just that? Pick some of the best posts from those subs and bring them here organically (none of that dumb mirror/bot shit that discourages people from commenting)?
I posted (from an alt account) five articles (not just tweets, but legit stories) between my comment and yours. I’ll try to do that daily. I read enough articles via rss, no reason I can’t post them here for everyone else.
I don’t know what discussions sports people are into honestly. You know better than me. I assume aside from game news (which if nobody else is posting games, that is a no brainer), there is talk about players, training, trades, strategies, and I don’t know if like stories about the fandom are a thing. What are the kinds of discussions you liked on Reddit? Bring the best of that.
Yes! In the spirit of posting, some of the things I’d like to see more engagement in (and I’ll do my part) are television, movie, and book communities. On reddit I loved discussing the latest episodes of my favorite shows or hearing about theories in the books I’m reading.
To the people who want Lemmy to be more active, if you want that, you have to be part of it.
The internet adage is that on any forum 10% of users comment, and 1% post. Lemmy needs to break out of that paradigm, and users should be disproportionately active compared to user/activity on Reddit.
People like posting in places where other people are already posting. It’s a snowball effect. That’s why meme communities have managed to take off; the 1% of users can pump out a huge amount of memes in a short time and make the place feel more lively than it actually is, which in turn kickstarts it and makes it lively for memes.
I make posts mostly in non-meme communities because I think Lemmy should have that too. Some posts are just links but a lot of them are original content. I think it adds value but I simply cannot, as one person, post the kind of volume that memeposters can. These more niche communities need people to post.
If you are subscribed to an interest community, I strongly encourage posting new threads there.
TLDR:
As a fairly longtime lurker on Reddit now bought into Lemmy, I’m making it a resolution to break that habit and post/comment more. Thanks for the PSA!
What should I post? Like legitimately, I’m mostly into sports, but short of copying what’s getting posted in /r/NFL and /r/hockey, what should I do? Or maybe it’s just that? Pick some of the best posts from those subs and bring them here organically (none of that dumb mirror/bot shit that discourages people from commenting)?
Just whatever strikes your fancy. Worse case it gets no attention, but usually you’ll get at least some feedback
I posted (from an alt account) five articles (not just tweets, but legit stories) between my comment and yours. I’ll try to do that daily. I read enough articles via rss, no reason I can’t post them here for everyone else.
I don’t know what discussions sports people are into honestly. You know better than me. I assume aside from game news (which if nobody else is posting games, that is a no brainer), there is talk about players, training, trades, strategies, and I don’t know if like stories about the fandom are a thing. What are the kinds of discussions you liked on Reddit? Bring the best of that.
Absolutely right, engagement is key!
Yes! In the spirit of posting, some of the things I’d like to see more engagement in (and I’ll do my part) are television, movie, and book communities. On reddit I loved discussing the latest episodes of my favorite shows or hearing about theories in the books I’m reading.