I try to put a lot of emphasis on encouraging new posters and commenters. I don't get why you'd come to the "wild west" of social media to just be solely a lurker. You should want to be an explorer and a settler, forging that new frontier. I won't hate on the lurkers, they will always be the majority, but why deal with the quirk, less ease of use, and less content to not want to help shape what it becomes?

I came over intending to lurk, hence my crap username, but what I wanted wasn't here, but I didnt want to crawl back to Reddit, so I started building, and it's great. People are friendly, you have less competition for attention, and the userbase is largely supportive of whatever you do because you're doing something.

But ultimately, as long as we arent on an extended downswing, we're doing well. I'll keep making posts and giving positive feedback, so hopefully it keeps catching new people with the bug to interact.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I genuinely do believe that we are starting to see some organic growth.

I've been obsessed with Lemmy for the past year; I used to mostly lurk during my 10 year reddit career but everything changed over here, partially because I felt like my voice was really being heard.

And I have noticed an increase in activity in the past month, with posts and comments receiving more upvotes and engagement. It sounds like you've also been making the most of your Lemmy experience, which is great.

I sometimes try to spread the word about Lemmy on reddit and people are so toxic in the way that they deal with the smaller userbase and lesser activity. So many people that love to whine and complain, instead of realizing that Lemmy is an incredible opportunity/concept at an early/imperfect stage.