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I miss niche communities with dozens of posts each day. I go to communities here and see a 0 comment post from two months ago...
Don't want to return to reddit but it's harsh man.
Someone gave me a kick in the ass for saying the same thing a while back and urged me to 'be the change' on Lemmy. I've been commenting more and overall response has been neutral to positive.
But I did get a big asshole with reddit vibes screaming at me over a flippant comment/joke.
They're here but they might be a minority for now?
Either way I think, for now, it may be worth it to comment more and encourage others. I totally get not wanting to due what would happen on the other site half the time. But maybe uh... here's a poorly worded and thought out nudge to also 'be the change'.
(Apologies in advance for typos, flow, and grammar. I just woke up and I don't even know why I'm replying except I told that internet stranger I'd stop deleting my comments so much.)
One big issue with this is when you're getting into something new and don't have the knowledge yet and you just want to see other people's opinions on things, you can't really be the one to start that. I liked going to the subreddit for whatever game I was playing at that time and just absorbing other people's knowledge I didn't have yet. I can't really do the same on Lemmy outside of a few games or subjects.
You’d be amazed at how many Lemmy communities on here aren’t visibly active but still have an active community. If you’re new to a thing, go and ask a question on a community with little interaction. Sometimes people are listening but not talking and your post will get good engagement. It’s weird that way.
Don't forget making posts! Gotta make posts for the lurkers to comment on.
I'll keep posting my shitty joke answers to comment no matter what, that's all I can contribute with lol
Party on, dude
Yeah unfortunately I've found myself still visiting reddit from time to time just for the niche communities. I don't visit the front page nor any default subs anymore, and I only drop in once every week or two instead of every single day. Can't wait for the day to come that I no longer have to do this.
That said, the comments tend to be way dumber and more immature lately, especially compared to this place. Modern day Lemmy reminds me of reddit pre-2010 (i.e. the golden years of reddit), except with a lot fewer people.
I "visit" it frequently in so far as I've allowed myself to click on reddit posts that I've found organically while googling something. Much as I don't want to contribute to it anymore, they do have something valuable in the vast discourse on their servers and I know the chances of something useful and relevant being amongst that discourse is very high compared to other web results and I'm not going to just ignore that while I'm lookin for answers or information. At the very least I do not post or comment there anymore and do not visit for the sake of a visit as I used to. Hopefully Lemmy will grow enough to be as useful and to actually show up in web searches. I would ask for.information or answers here to help with that effort but there's rarely an appropriate place to do that in the lemmy portion of the fediverse as yet.
I've been doing what little I can to participate in less-niche, but still off the beaten path, communities (3D printing, photography, etc). Posts in those communities will generally get a decent level of engagement, but the communities themselves don't see a ton of posts so there aren't that many opportunities for people to engage in the community.
Like most social platforms, the majority of users here are lurkers. Some of those lurkers will comment. Some of those commenters will create posts.
Go post content! Nurture communities! That said, true niche communities might not be realistic right now but there's likely a more general community the content could fit in while lemmy grows.