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Please Don’t Be a Lurker! (piefed.kobel.fyi)

submitted 6 hours ago by squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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In the monthly server updates for lemmy.zip/piefed.zip there's a mantra that's repeated every month. I think it's wonderful and can be applied to the Fediverse as a whole.

If you’re new here - WELCOME! I hope you’re enjoying your time here :)

Just one small teeny-tiny request. The greatest gift you can give the Fediverse (Original: Lemmy.zip and Piefed.zip) isn’t money, praise, or interpretive dance (although we would absolutely accept the last one). Its participation.

Upvote the things you like. Start a discussion, debate, or ponder about whether water is wet or merely makes things wet. Make new communities if you don’t see one that fits your oddly specific niche obsession.
(We don’t judge. Well, we try not to judge anyway.)

The fediverse naturally ebbs and flows, tides of people come and go. But if you’ve found yourself oddly attached to this strange little corner of the internet? Wonderful. Help it breathe. Help it grow. Help it be just a tiny bit weirder in the best possible way.

So if you’ve gone to the effort of clicking Sign Up and proving you’re not a robot (unless you are, in which case hello and welcome to our new AI overlords), then please, I beg of you:

Stick around. Add your voice. It really does make this place better.

Original post by @Demigodrick@lemmy.zip

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[-] Angelevo@feddit.nl 5 points 1 hour ago

How dare you invite me to participate!

[-] Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 40 minutes ago* (last edited 39 minutes ago)

fuck i'll lurk and smoke all day

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

You cannot fault people for following rule 33.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 hours ago

Also, I hope we can all make a concerted effort to be nicer to each other. It's the internet so that's not always easy but I do think that's one of the things holding us back.

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 hours ago

90% of the Internet is made up of lurking.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

I feel seen.

[-] neekz0r@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

I feel attacked... i like to lurk. except now i'm not lurking, because i feel guilty for lurking. damit.

[-] lilPossum@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago

But I was born a lurker :(

[-] Applesause@mander.xyz 15 points 4 hours ago

Don't tell me how to live my life.

[-] sparkles@piefed.zip 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Sometimes I feel like I talk too much. So I do limit myself.

[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago

1,800 comments and counting! One of them might even be valuable to the conversation.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Definitely a better ratio than me, that's for sure.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 93 points 6 hours ago

There's like 5 people that are firehoses of content that are keeping lemmy alive.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

I genuinely worry about Picard Maneuver and Lady Butterfly. What of one of them got hit by a car!?

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Picard Maneuver went and came back. I appreciate their work though, they're one of the pillars.

I worry about Stamets.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 hours ago

Well, 4 after FlyingSquid left.

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 hours ago

What I've learned is that when you emigrate to the UK, you stop posting on lemmy!

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

He needs to get his Lemmy Loicence. I should have given him mine.

[-] eta@feddit.org 36 points 6 hours ago

Yeah they're doing a huge service to the Fediverse. I've had a few times where I saw posts from the same people across totally different communities to the point where I'm wondering if they're actually interested in all these subjects or just posting for the sake of it.

[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

I don't know how those people do it. Putting out stuff every day for one community keeps me as busy as I'd want to be.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 13 points 5 hours ago

After a while, it doesn't even matter. It creates a sense of community, making this place nice for new people to join. So it's good.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

I make it a point to post a few articles every day.

Not a firehose, but I'm doing my part.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 hours ago

Beehaw thinks I should post less though.

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago

Never stop Sunshine

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

keep going

[-] gigachad@piefed.social 7 points 5 hours ago

Beehaw still exists? Didn't they want to leave Lemmy, like 2 years ago?

[-] realitista@lemmus.org 3 points 4 hours ago

I'm the dribble of drool from a baby's mouth every so often.

[-] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 hours ago

I would say it's more 500 than 5

[-] dualtronic@lemmy.jtworld.xyz 11 points 6 hours ago

That would explain all the shitposts and memes. 😛

[-] scytale@piefed.zip 26 points 5 hours ago

[-] BitsAndBites@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Reporting for duty

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 33 points 6 hours ago

Nice post, and thanks. I usually only comment and vote but have not created posts yet. That is my goal for 2026, to post at least one thing. I'm scared of the potential hateful insults I would get for posting something but I can be a dick sometimes, so I get it.

[-] Foni@lemmy.zip 17 points 6 hours ago

If you commit to making a post, I commit to being nice to you and not being a jerk.I try not to be like that in general and appreciate people's willingness to contribute.

[-] Today@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Start by posting a pic of a pet. You'll get upvoted and will get over your fear. If people do downvote or complain, just let it roll off and try again.

[-] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 hours ago

I've found that near every post I've made only has nice comments. Unless it is political lol, but thats par for the course. I believe in you!

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[-] radiouser@crazypeople.online 18 points 6 hours ago

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 23 points 6 hours ago

Nobody really cares what I have to say.

[-] eta@feddit.org 16 points 6 hours ago

The amount of upvotes you get on your posts says something different

[-] Spaniard@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

It's the internet, if you have something worth saying say it, someone will find it useful in the future.

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[-] eta@feddit.org 10 points 5 hours ago

I've never been one to post much on any social media platform but on Lemmy I try to make it up by upvoting things I want to see on the platform and commenting to get discussions going.

[-] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 11 points 6 hours ago

There are days where ei literally don't even have time to read anything, let alone posting.

But I'm not a lurker.

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[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 13 points 6 hours ago

Start a discussion, debate, or ponder about whether water is wet

Do we really need more petty debates? 😅

[-] RottenHeads@lemmy.world 24 points 6 hours ago

Yes we do, prove me wrong!

[-] gkaklas@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 hours ago

I don't know about this one specifically 😅 but people probably have the need for these debates anyway, so it's just better to express them (on the Fediveree)! 😁

It's like, how in some movies and shows people have "meaningless" discussions in a bar about random trivia etc; if people don't behave in a toxic way, it's just a way to connect and share ideas!

And in some (most?) cases, the discussion might be more important than the result of it, since you see in practice more about how people can approach this type of curiosity about a subject, which might apply to many other topics we think about every day 😁

More importantly though, where am I supposed to go to debate if water is wet, if not to the Fediverse? 😄