I know a lot of lurkers like me out there are browsing, but there’s quite a bit of engagement capitol on the federated instances. If you find an interesting topic and the right community, you get a lot of feedback. There’s not much hate being thrown out there either.

    • technojamin@lemmy.world
      62·
      1 year ago

      Looking at your posts, it seems like you’re really into ecology/farming/wildlife. I think Lemmy is currently seeing the biggest growth with its tech and tech-adjacent communities. Whether it’s because it’s a little more complex to use or because that’s just the demographic that knows about it more, I can’t say for sure.

      It reminds me of the earlier days of Reddit (which I didn’t even participate in), when it was almost solely a programming/tech community. As it grew in users, so did the variety of communities. I think Lemmy is going to be similar.

      I applaud you for building up the communities you’re a part of. I hope that you can look back in a few years and realize that you sowed the seeds for something that grew much bigger.

      • Treevan 🇦🇺@aussie.zone
        20·
        1 year ago

        Dont I know it. I was being facetious with the comment because I know what these places are like having moved from specific niche forums, watching reddit expand (avoiding Facebook), and then here. I’m also an early adopter to Tildes but decided to not even attempt in there because of the “tech bro (tech person)” problems you’ve illustrated.

        Mander and Slrpnk are good instances and busy enough.

        I do find it funny seeing these memes about creating content from someone with 6 posts, there’s been a few of them now.

          • Treevan 🇦🇺@aussie.zone
            4·
            1 year ago

            If I was any where else, it would be there. Maybe one day, won’t rule it out.

            Using local on aussie.zone gets me Australian news so I dont need to subscribe to Aus communities which is a bonus. My subscribed just stays my interests so Local and Home are critical to my browsing.

            • hazeebabee@slrpnk.net
              2·
              1 year ago

              That is really nice, im glad i saw your commect tho – the aussie instance seems like a great place & i subbed to a few communities there :) slowly but surely the niche subs will het active lol

    • Busteder@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Try yelling fire, using the word “alot”, or threatening a puppy? I’ve looked at your posts and while they are intellectually stimulating, there’s a degree of knowing your audience involved. I would wager many people on here are people in drool mode after a rough patch at work.

      There’s also the fact that I’m a liar.