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It's ok to be a lurker. Lurkers, I'm happy you're here with us.
this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2025
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Hey this user isn’t a lurker!! They’re a big fat phony!!!
- Presses reply
- Types an insightful comment
- Looks at it. There’s something wrong with it. He just doesn’t know what.
- Erases it. Starts over.
- *Still doesn’t feel right *
- Hits cancel, discards the comment, and goes back to doom scrolling.
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Frequent lurker here, I just have such a hard time getting my thoughts out into words that’s relevant to a conversation. Add in an irrational amount of aversion to negative feedback (real or perceived) and it just feels better to just keep scrolling.
One day I’ll get better at this, it’s not easy when my socializing experience has been dominated with negativity both online and offline.
The thing is, I feel like many people just add whatever they think and want to say to a conversation no matter how relevant or irrelevant it is to the current situation. In the end, I feel like most people on here are civil enough to not be mean-spirited towards one another unless they're talking to bigots and stuff.
I struggle with this quite often too - especially when it comes to topics that can be quite divide and polarising - but I always feel good once I do step out of my comfort zone and post away. There's usually bound to be at least a couple people with whom your comment resonates with. Give it a try maybe - you'd be surprised how well it can go :)
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HELLO NOT LURKING WE JUST HAVE NOTHING USEFUL TO CONTRIBUTE THANKS
I DON'T LIKE POSTING MUCH BECAUSE I AM TRASH
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I'm an introvert, leave me alone.
No
>2 year old account
>2 posts, 4 comments
One quarter of this user's comment history is them explicitly declining to stop lurking lmao
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Yeahhhhhhh, I struggle with that a bit because I feel like anything I have to say isn’t worth saying
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Goddamit squirrel I'm trying, ive got years of lurker conditioning to break.
Talking to people is scary. :(
Hey I even upvote sometimes!
Sorting by new helps, so you don't feel like you're too late to be heard if you comment. Making posts, now that's extra tough.
Much better than screaming into the void of the same stupid jokes and bots on reddit though right?
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Sorry, I lurk. Sorry.
Have a dramatically lit cat photo!
I’m doing my part by flooding Lemmy with opossum and bat pics. Maybe an occasional raccoon if the mood is right.
Lemmy is far and away the most active I've ever been on social media, then I see a three month old account with 2K comments and suddenly feel like a lurker.
Some of us comment and some of us post. You're a poster.
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Im not! I furiously type my thoughts on every post I can to let my opinions be known to the community!
If you upvote and downvote in a genuine way, you’re improving the lemmy experience imo by lurking.
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stupid viewpoint that everybody hates
I'm doing my part, are you?
Wow, I'll have you know I post a comment maybe once a month. Fine though, I'll be better and make my first post today.
Darn social media asking me to be responsible and contribute back. What do you think you are? Open source software?
I have been getting more stoned in the past few days, in the hopes to provide more absolutely terrible jokes, however I went too far and binged a bunch of Mr. Rogers videos on YouTube with dabs.
Have you guys seen this man?! Someone this kind actually existed! Like man. Everyone needs to see Mr. Rogers stuff I think, it's like, proper positive and stuff.
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