It’s so weird how Lemmy feels like old reddit and that was when I was more active but as reddit grew I began to lurk more except in four different communities. It’s still hard to not lurk here. I frequently will type a comment or make a post and delete it, haha. Anybody else experiencing this?

  • PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    1 year ago

    I constantly do the ‘type it out and delete’ move, both on Reddit and slightly getting there here. I’m just an anxious sort who’s thinking ‘surely no one wants to read this’ ¯\(ツ)/¯

    • RippleEffect@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Or that they’ll vehemently reject what you say instead of helpfully explaining their perspective and why you might be wrong. That’s always fun.

  • Conman_Signor@lemmy.one
    3·
    1 year ago

    Yeah but you just gotta do it. Post that comment or post. We gotta build this community for us. I have a tendency to not be as social able on social media vs IRL. Mainly because I’ll second guess myself. But we gotta keep this place alive

  • 🐱TheCat@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    1 year ago

    I am moderating a whole damn community. I never reached this level on reddit. I still touch grass I swear. Also its a tiny community that no one really interacts with but me

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    I mostly lurk unless I think of something to say that’s interesting, additive, it funny. There’s no point in replying to a post if you have nothing at all to say - that’s just meaningless filler. That’s extra true for OC posts.

  • CharlesReed@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    My lurking comes from mostly not being able to articulate exactly what I want to say sometimes. Like yeah, I know how this random thread makes me feel and I have an idea of what I want to say, but when I try to put it into actual, tangible words that make sense, I just end up sitting there for ten or fifteen minutes trying to word it out before I give up and move on lol. I’m trying to be better at it though, like force myself to post or comment something sometimes. Surely the more times I do, the better I’ll be at it right?? ¯\(ツ)/¯

  • CFinley97@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    I used to lurk on reddit but have been much more active here.

    Basically if I’m on kbin, I try to comment or post if I have a reason

    • mvirts@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ve made an effort to just post the random crap that I think of because heck, we need activity

  • c0c0c0@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    Given its much smaller user base, it’s a lot more likely that a human will see your post before it scrolls off of page 1 on Lemmy. There’s a little less futility to posting

  • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
    1·
    1 year ago

    I never understood lurking. How can you just sit back and observe without ever engaging? Do you have no thoughts? Are you embarrassed? Lazy? We will never know because once the lurkers answer, they are no longer lurking. 😌

  • cheer@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’d never delete a post after submitting it, but I do find myself not finishing a comment when I feel it’s not worth the effort. I have been trying to get more people to post in my community so I don’t have to, though 😅