I didn’t plan this far ahead

Part of the reason I find Lemmy enjoyable is I don’t have to worry about bullshit just to throw a comment in. I rarely post, but I have fun commenting stupid crap here and there to pass the time. Not once has anyone been a total dick, maybe a partial chub, but nothing I don’t already expect

i think this is my third commemt, already almost equal to the amount i made on reddit in all those years i was there.

and even worse, sometimes they even reply days later!

Hello I am here replying

Switch off notifications, never know the difference RollSafe.jpg

I always want to comment but notifications can be so stressful that on most platforms I usually end up just lurking. Lemmys been pretty decent so far, it reminds a little of early internet messageboards where most people were more into discussing something interesting than trolling or one-uping someone for internet points or ego boosts or whatever weird reasons people are assholes on the internet. It's probably the least toxic platform I've been on since the livejournal days

Lurkers using third party apps were in many ways worse impacted by the API changes than those actively participating. The high cost of API access is only worth as much value as the service is to you, and if lurking that's going to be lower and less likely to be worthwhile in the few third party apps switching to the subscription model.

Yeah, wtf! Stop replying to me!

I have found the commenters on Lemmy to be far more thoughtful and reasonable even when they are tearing me apart as a human being. Most commenter seem to be really nice and enthusiastic though.

Maybe it's just a volume thing and we haven't attracted enough of the shit heads yet to overwhelm every thread with nonsense.

Funny how attached people become to numbers in internet.

What's the exchange rate between Lemmy and reddit karma points?

Sorry!

But what if I'm scared to reply?

uhhm actually people never reply

ew, people

I usually upvote comments I agree because sometimes I'm empty-headed, cannot think about something to comment at the time.

Lol I still lurk, I have no idea why I don't like to comment

No one could have predicted this!

I don't believe you.

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Now if only I could figure out how to get to know people 🤔

Remember that one time when we were talking about that, but then we found out where the cheese was and there was less talking and more cheese eating?

👻

I love the whole thing to be honest. I am happy to have replies days later. Reddit posts would go "stale" so fast and even if you did comment, you were more than likely to be torn to shreds for existing. It isn't perfect here, but that is because we are people. Getting even half a voice is far better than the anxiety inducing nightmare the Internet tends to be. If I don't want to argue with someone, I just don't respond. If I or someone else end up replying days later, awesome!

I feel a lot more comfortable chiming in once in a while here. The Internet will always be the Internet, but getting even a tiny bit of human connection is amazing. Going from letters, phones, AOL, to now is a miracle. We may be fucked as a species, but sometimes the little things are enough.

Now, go watch Contact. That movie is my absolute favorite movie of all time. Ghost hugs for all!

I feel seen

We'll figure it out together. If we don't comment and post content, I fear that we'll never really sustain the kind of success we hope to replicate from the other place.

Anonymous still isn't as fun as talking to people you know tbh

Like Migos said in "Stir Fry" "Lurkin', they jacking, keep lurkin', they lurking."

I bet they don't