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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[–] transMexicanCRTcowfart@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I find it hard to keep a conversation going, maybe lack of skill on my part but usually idk what to reply and hit a dead end. So most of the time I just upvote in appreciation for taking the time to respond.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

If you don't know what to reply, then don't. Seek out communities, posts, and comments about stuff you enjoy talking about. Especially when it's a positive light.

[–] transMexicanCRTcowfart@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

This is a good insight; sometimes I feel like I have to know stuff to make a meaningful contribution, when maybe just cheering on can be enough.

[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, perhaps if you're lost for content you could just give the back story to your username?

[–] transMexicanCRTcowfart@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Ooh that’s an easy one, it’s from this comment, credits to OP.

I’ve seen variations of it around here in other comments too, but this was the first one I saw and it cracked me up, so I took it. I’m some bigot’s worst nightmare

[–] YeahToast@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

And backed it up with a class thumbnail, nice haha.

[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Conversations either continue or they don’t. You shouldn’t be hard on yourself. If someone says something that makes you want to say or ask something else, great. If not, that’s fine too.

[–] transMexicanCRTcowfart@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Thank you, it's easy to see it when it happens to me but if I'm the one leaving things hanging I feel like either a missed opportunity or that I'm somewhat being rude (I'm not, and most likely the other party didn't think nothing of it. I'm working on my sometimes distorted inner narrative).