Hi all,

The lemmy.world instance has reportedly increased to over 1k users. I think it was like at just 200 2-3 days ago. That’s wild!

Anyway, I’ve noticed a few posts/comments by new users, mostly from the reddit exodus, hoping for increased engagement in lemmy communities. We can help this merely by posting and commenting. Lots of users are going to come over to glance and see if this is a good place for them. If they see little to no interaction, then many of them will leave. But if they see that communities are active, they will be more apt to stay and join. So, I suggest we all start posting and commenting. If your post/comment suck, then don’t worry. Users will downvote it lol. We just need to spark conversation. Let’s get to it!

Ok, I’m going to follow my own suggestion and start posting on /c/autism@lemmy.world. All neurotypes are welcome, so feel free to stop on by and join as you please 🙂

relevant meme: https://i.imgur.com/Prs9z3e.png

  • Winterismyseason@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Totally agree. It’s a bit disappointing to see posts about interesting things with no comments while scrolling. I’ve only ever made one reddit comment, but this place looks nice and I’m happy to add to the discussion here.

  • TeaHands@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yep! I’ve been pushing the “be the change you want to see” approach to anyone who will listen and also quite a few who won’t. But sometimes all it takes is one person for a community to pop off.

  • slash_nick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just commenting to increase engagement! Love federated services and hope they really take hold and replace the crap system we have now

    • BOMBS@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m excited for it! There was an attempt at a mass reddit exodus over 5 years ago (I can’t remember exactly when). The other sites I attempted didn’t have anywhere the level of engagement that the Fediverse if getting now, and I think things are really going to pick up steam here once the blackout hits followed by the 3rd party apps shutting down. Things are looking pretty good for change 🙂

      • notsorryforpartying@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        If I remember correctly it was over censorship issues and I tried Voat for a while around then but it didn’t turn out. I’m optimistic about lemmy so far though.

  • maporita@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I just tried to post a comment in the Colombia community and I got the error "language not allowed . Does anyone know what could cause that? I tried Spanish and English and same thing.

  • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Let’s do this. I would love to actually see repercussions for such a braindead decision from Reddit. Let’s make this puppy fly!

  • Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Awesome, it’s been forever since I’ve seen an online community that isn’t already established so it’s cool to participate in one that still growing. I’m using mobile so there are some bugs and I’m having trouble uploading an avatar, it lets me select the picture but it doesn’t look like it actually uploads it.

    • BOMBS@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Me too! I’m excited to help the formative process so that it can turn into something fruitful.

      I’m predicting that the app will probably be a bit buggy until this site gets the momentum it needs to receive more attention. Maybe one of the app developers that dropped reddit will get on it. Meanwhile, the app is good enough to interact. If I need to make any major changes, I can still use a desktop.

    • BOMBS@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That just means we need more people to start more instances. The federated system distributes the load, so not one entity is responsible for carrying all of the weight.

      • jack@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It’s a little confusing and new to me with it being this way, but super interesting!

        I think a lot of people (me included) have a bit of tunnel vision and end up in the ‘Local’ column on the instance homepage.

        Do all instances see all comments from all other instances, too? Are there things that instance owners need to set up to get this to work? Here’s hoping we get some thriving lemmy communities! :)

        • BOMBS@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          So I’m no expert. I’ve just been learning about this for the past 2 days and am not a STEM. I did some vocational training and OTJ experience when I worked as a computer net admin back from 2001-2004. That’s all my computer admin experience.

          Instances are like servers. Anyone with a Linux machine can set one up as the system is FOSS and the documentation and program is helpfully laid out here. Someone setups an instance and joins the federated network following the instructions. The instances then all communicate to each other and share what is going on in their instances. The person running the instance can make rules that block other instances based on each admin’s preferences. That means that as long as the instance you are on is communicating with the other instances, then you guys can see each other’s posts and comments. Not only that, but the federated network includes other interfaces that aren’t just Lemmy because the instances communicate using the same language. That means that kbin, Mastodon, and Pixelfed can also interact with Lemmy. You can see their stuff too! Another analogy would by like email, except emails were all posted on reddit-, twitter-, and photo- like forums instead of between two parties.

          So from my layperson’s understanding, this is like if anyone can host a full “reddit” with it’s own “subreddits”. And if they don’t like a particular reddit’s layout, they can try another reddit that looks and interacts somewhat differently. Yet, all the separate reddits can communicate with each other, share info, and not one entity can control the system. Ultimately, if you don’t like your instance, you can leave and create the exact same community in another one. That means there could be hundreds of the same “subreddits” throughout the federation. Or, if you want to run your very own Lemmy/kbin/Mastodon/Pixelfed, go for it. Be your own admin.

          Personally, I think it’s a pretty interesting and progressive approach to power distribution of the social media. As a political anarchist, I find it quite interesting and appealing.