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we need more users (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I've been one of the people saying "we don't need more users. we need quality over quantity" and i was wrong.

the way it's going, lemmy needs active users who post content sothat the network stays relevant. networks like the fediverse benefit from network effects and that means that if we have more users, that improves the value and quality of the fediverse overall.

So please, everyone, when you can, make advertisement for the fediverse in your personal area. Go talk to friends, make attractive stickers and put them everywhere, stuff like that. We would all benefit from it.

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I advertised Lemmy to my friends a few times and they have now stopped replying to my messages :P

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I just keep sending them memes I know they'll like. I've had 3 friends joing various instances so far, because after a while they just go:

Man....where do you get these memes?!

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not memes but I keep the address bar in the screen shot.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Fair play, whatever works is what's best

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[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 56 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Just talk up Lemmy, the issue is most people doesn't realize there's another option to the popular toxic trash fires.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (16 children)

I've told people about Lemmy before. I got the same reaction everytime.

"It looks like it's just people talking about computers."

And their interest dies. Which tells me there needs to be more diversity of active communities. No one wants to come to a small platform, create a new dead community, and talk to themself.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (14 children)

We need comments, that is the problem. Small communities don't get any positive feedback via engagement, which causes them to die as the owner/sole poster feels like no one cares.

Simply link dumping (effectively what most posts are on content aggregators) is the easy part. Seeing even 1 comment inclines someone to open up the post to read the comment, which makes them in turn likely to reply and it builds from there to a hot/active conversation.

If you can just aim to write that first comment on or two posts a day in more niche communities, it will help achieve growth.

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm here everyday, unfortunately I don't have a great deal to post only comment.

I'm very busy with real life work to create content

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[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Maybe everyone should be a literal more willing to discuss things than just dog pile on with downvotes.

This place is mighty insufferable and I say that as one insufferable twat.

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[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The text in the graph needs better contrast. I can't read that shit

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[–] mapto@feddit.bg 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How about bridging over to bluesky? If they could follow and comment threads, the userbase explodes 10-fold (compared to the current exposure to mastodon).

See this thread: https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/372

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