No Stupid Questions

Yes I’ve definitely posted more here than Reddit. The only thing that keeps me from posting more is performance issues. There have been a few times when I wrote a response but the post button just spins and eventually I give up.

I'm for sure posting more in the communities that I really like and those that I want to see succeed.

I figure that the more we all interact, within reason, the more everything will grow.

I havent posted as much here, yet... but I love Lemmy like I love mastodon. I feel like I can have real conversations with real people-- which is something that has been severely lacking on the internet for years.

Although it’s only been a couple of days, I feel more connected here. You don’t have conversations on Reddit anymore unless you’re a in a small subreddit. If you don’t comment on a Reddit post within the first hour, no one sees it. It’s not about karma, it’s about engagement and community.

Finding it way easier to engage and comment. Don't have to wade through thousands of shit comments on Lemmy. Loving it!

A bit, yeah. Joining Lemmy got me to finally write up a technical idea I'd been intending to post for the last year or so. Figured it'd be a good way to help seed one of the programming communities with some content.

Like other commenters have said: gotta help the community grow, and it won't grow if there's nothing interesting for people to read.

I didn't post on Reddit because I felt no desire to give free content to a business making money from me. Although lots of people really felt like it was a community, I didn't. I thought it was like a theme park - dressed up like a town in order to make you feel like you weren't inside a store. This seems like a real community, at least at the moment.

I barely interacted in Reddit. But communities here makes me want to participate.

Same here! It helps that there's a lot less negativity here overall, similar to the earlier days of Reddit.

I haven't been, unfortunately. I joined around a week ago and this is my first comment. It seems I'm just as much of a lurker here as I was on Reddit. I suppose this is as good a time as any to change that and try to become more active.

Well I'm just new here. I posted a lot on Reddit. But I have to say, I'm running across some new forums (or whatever they're called here) at least one or two a day with hugely interesting discussion. Subscribe subscribe subscribe...I thought my Reddit interest list was pretty solid.

I'm trying to. I'm so used to lurking on Reddit that I forget to actually post here. Working on it, though.

Lenmy feels very new to me and I'm glad to be away from the echo chamber that's Reddit. No more "who's cutting onions", "this is the way" and "sauce?". I'm done with it. Just done. Let's see what Lemmy had to offer. :)

I’m trying to find the most popular communities so I can figure out what websites blogs I can post and generate content like I was used to when browsing subreddits

I'm going to make an active effort to post stuff here, I used to just be a commenter on Reddit, time to branch out and try interacting with this place more. Should be fun.

Just created this account, let's see.

I would have commented 4 times in last many years on reddit. On Lemmy (across instances) I have already posted over 40 in the last few weeks.

Same Literally never posted on Reddit in my decade of lurking. Lemmy is more welcoming and 'charming' IMO

Almost any thread i opened within the first few posts someone already said what i would have said, so i would just scroll until i found my confirmation bias, updoot and move on. i wonder if lemmy will get so massive that the problem comes here.

I'm trying to be a more avid poster but the gateway errors are making it difficult.

For sure, similar to what others expressed to help with engagement/activity. The centralized for-profit platforms hold way too much power over my infotainment appetite.

Just joined lemmy last night. (Now it's morning where I am from). Already commented 3-4 times. On reddit I used to comment once probably in a couple of weeks. It's probably because it's something very new and interesting. Also I am finding that people around seem nicer in a way maybe?