Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn’t the thing that makes a social media site, it’s the engagement
So even if you’re used to lurking, try to get a little more active! Post memes, vote on posts, talk in the comments, whatever!
If people come here and see activity, content, and discussions, they’re more likely to stay and contribute their own - if they come and see a ghost town, they’ll just go back to reddit
i just feel so foreign still, then again, everyone does, but it’s hard to find the will to interact when you feel foreign, ykwim? like being a stranger at a party, it’s all fun and all but it feels pretty hard to just approach a random group of ppl and be like “henlo guys my name is johnathan and i’m here to show u my cat”, lmao, but yeah you’re right we gotta push it a little bit. no other way to start than by starting.
Isn’t that the point of the whole communities structure though? That you have some common topic to talk about, rather than just exchanging small-talk?
For me, the people I’d talk to on Reddit were mostly internet strangers anyway, so my mindset is that this place is no different :) Different website, but still just fellow human beings at the end of the day.
Hello stranger! How is your cat doing?
Sadly my cat was left in Venezuela when I moved to Spain and my brother wants to bring them here but it’s expensive, like $2-3k per cat. Permits, tickets, vaccines, chips and other stuff. My cat budget is not that big even if I find them to be super cute.
Sorry to hear that ☹️