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452 points

Honestly a lot of it is probably people getting comfortable lurking again, Lemmy only counts post and comments as active users

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133 points

So glad I decided to stop lurking and actually start participating right as the whole fediverse dies out, it’s not just lemmy.

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92 points

I find it more comfortable to contribute to Lemmy than to other sites. There seems to be actual discussion and opportunities to learn, which can be much harder to come across on the other platforms.

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42 points

And fewer comments that are clearly a chat bot.

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25 points

That I agree with. I don’t post often but when I do it’s always very positive and makes me want to post more . Compared to Reddit where it would have alot more negative comments or would just get removed by the mods for some stupid reason. Did you know you can no longer post on r/buildapc about asking for suggestions on building PC’s ? What’s even the point anymore?

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26 points

Definitely trying to interact more, Lemmy is a gift imo.

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11 points

I feel like mastodon is doing alright.

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8 points

The fediverse is not dying out, don’t be dramatic.

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2 points

For me Mastodon is still growing and getting more interesting, with more and more formal institutions joining (newspapers, NGOs, government institutions etc.).

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45 points

It’s funny how despite social media becoming very normal, the old phenomenon of most content getting generated by a small portion of power users persists.

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18 points

Tervell and Dirt_Owl.

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I post

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4 points

I’m just not clever enough to post

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2 points

Have you seen the shitpost communities? Cleverness isn’t required, and in fact I think in those communities it’s somewhat frowned upon, 'cause c’mon, no polishing shit!

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32 points

I comment on stuff to try to make discussions active, it rarely works.

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18 points

That’s just not true. I’ve made comments that I thought desirve no reply but humans find a way. If there’s no comments to read the shared content just isn’t that interesting. If I see comments then the shared content must be interesting enough to justify a discussion.

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10 points

I comment because I crave validation from Internet strangers.

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1 point

You know what? i just did!

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12 points

This is something I’ve learned from online game forums. You actually have to be divisive to get a high amount of concurrent users.

It only seems to be the shit-shows that anyone feels obligated to post in.

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13 points

Well I think you’re wrong, fuck you and your opinion /s

I actually don’t know to what extent I agree with you, but your theory certainly feels plausible to me. It reminds me of the internet adage about how the best way to get a right answer to your question is to be wrong. I can’t remember what it’s called.

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2 points

I’ve been pretty successful and keeping conversations going! I DO comment quite a bit, though.

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27 points

Time to step out of the shadows then 🤭

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21 points

I’m doing my part!

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10 points

Hello

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24 points

Commenting so I‘m active :)

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9 points

I don’t know how long it counts it for, but I try to remember to comment something like once every two weeks or something

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4 points

that‘s a good idea. I will copy your „way of lemmy“.

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3 points

I take a break over the weekend. If I comment, I need to check the client every hour or so. I don’t want replies/rebuttals to linger without a response if it is warranted. I need to work on my car projects and can’t be bothered with online interactions whilst doing so.

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I’m doing my part!

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16 points

Me no lurk. Me comment.

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9 points

My comment to stop the lurk

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7 points

Ok I am guilty of that. What about votes? Are they not counted as activity?

I’ll try to post atleast one comment every now and then.

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3 points

Well in that case, ping!

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2 points

Yeah, that’s probably the case.

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Well, as they say: “I’m going my part”.

I try to make it a point to post questions on communities that have not kicked off yet, knowing that I most likely will not receive a response for a while.

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1 point

Really? Oh

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1 point

Well count me in now

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1 point

Time to count me back in!

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