This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I think the 1% rule is true of large communities, but less so with small ones. It takes effort to find and join Lemmy, Mastodon and others, and use them, so only the most enthusiastic join at first. As it grows, the 1% rule will be even more apparent.
I feel much more motivated to comment compared to post.
I try to contribute by honestly I just have nothing to say most of the time lol
Lurker.
i dont want to lurk but english is not my native langage so my sentences looks weird when i dont use a translator
Just keep commenting, there are so many people here who aren't native English speakers. As long as it's somewhat understandable, it doesn't matter if you make mistakes. You'll get better over time.
The most important thing I learned on reddit is English. And the funny thing is, once you can write in English, you'll also be able to speak much better because you're not constantly looking for words.
I used to lurk. Still do, but used to too.
The rule is always true
I mean think of Hollywood or sports. Most people don't do those things but they do consume it.
I'd say I do a fair amount of lurking. I participated a lot more on Reddit, but I'm just trying to get a feel for the scene.
I'm like 70/30 lurker to contributor I think, same deal as before I jumped ship.
I'm definitely making more of a concerted effort to interact at the minute, though, to help with numbers and so on.
Mostly Lurking as I try and learn the new space, as I get more comfortable I plan on engaging more with the community
I used to post a lot of comments on Reddit, but never anywhere else.
I posted more on mastodon than anywhere else
I used to be a lurker. People can change.
Lurker. By the time I want to post something it's already been said.
Commenting a lot more here like I used to in forum days. Most of the threads I read I post in.
I tried to make a post yesterday but it stalled out.
The reason I comment more now is because I want to participate and I'm taking 'the internet' less seriously. This isn't real life.
Definitely more active than before. But still unlikely to create many posts.
Yeah I suck. And the content that I used to provide on Reddit that I thought was valuable to share was just nitpicked into oblivion. It really was a toxic place.
Since leaving Reddit definitely more participation. Even started some communities; a thing I never really cared for doing, but seems more appropriate and rewarding here!
OK, I won't lie, I hear this all the time but I'm not convinced it's true.
Are there any real statistics on it which account for bit accounts? Like, if reddit claimed that 99% of its users don't make content, my immediate thought would be "how many users are real people and how many are bots?"
My first idea was "uh, interesting - why not do a poll for that?"
And then I noticed that would end up in some kind of lurker-paradox🤔
I'm a lurker. Sometimes a participator. Rarely a creator.
Mostly a creator, back when I used Twitter and Facebook I used it as a write only medium. On the fediverse I try to read some stuff also and participate by commenting and voting.
