a.k.a. the 90–9–1 principle. Does the Fediverse follow this rule, or are there more creators here as early adopters? Are you a creator, a participator or a lurker?
I’m a lurker, but I’m going to try to participation more.
Yep. Lurker here. In the sense that I upvote but don’t post or create content. I am just not witty enough to make a joke or creative enough to write a long winded content. But I do what I do and I think it’s alright.
The nice thing about this right now is that you don’t need to feel witty or creative to post stuff as long as it fits the community you’re in. There aren’t enough people to compete with for posts to get attention, that’s the main attraction to smaller social media environments: you feel like you matter more.
God, the rare few times i put any time and effort into making something it would just get shit on. Lol
I felt the same on reddit. So far lemmy seems more positive
I mean…creating stuff takes work. Even commenting is a lot harder than mindlessly scrolling memes. My head hurts now.
I admit it: I’m a lurker 99% of the time. I do partake in the up- and downvoting though.
I’m primarily a lurker. I’ve been trying to be better about participating lately because I’d like to help the fediverse grow and be a meaningful online meeting place.
Definitely a lurker. I rarely have anything I want to show off, and I like reading other people’s opinions and content.
Consider the opposite. Every single person on the planet making 10 posts per day. It would be like Facebook on super meth.
I’ll start actually posting things when my favorite communities jump ship from Reddit. Until then I’ll just lurk while occasionally commenting.
What are some of your favorite communities?
r/Imaginarymaps.
I posted links on Reddit like 5-10 years ago… Then the power mods showed up, nuked my links for some obscure rule violation, then allowed someone else reposted them minutes later.
I gave up.
Same. I have posted here twice with better luck. Reddit has some weird posting rules. Some I get. Some I think are crap. Now I usually just comment.
I have been posting and commenting a LOT more than I ever did on Reddit. Some small part of that is a desire to grow the platform and my communities.
Me too, keep it up 🤘
Time to contribute to a platform that I can believe in.
