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exohuman ,
@exohuman@kbin.social avatar

It just takes time for these communities to form.

donuts ,
@donuts@kbin.social avatar

On top of that, we can't expect communities to POOF into existence.

We have to be part of them to build them, which means making them if they don't exist yet as well as posting and commenting in the ones that do exist. I hope that people who are used to lurking on Reddit will go out of their comfort zone a bit and start to participate in fediverse communities so that we can build things up more quickly.

sadreality ,

Yesterday lurkers are going to need to be today's commenters and posters!

I see y'all lurkin'
Not postin'

defeater ,

I feel attacked

sadreality ,

You are being drafted. We are sending you out to colonize the fediverse!

metaStatic ,

I'm doing my part

Usually_Lurker ,
@Usually_Lurker@lemmy.world avatar

And my axe! something something name checks out.

TechDiver ,

yesssir!

NotTheOnlyGamer ,
@NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social avatar

They're just following rules, man:

Rule 33. Lurk More - It's never enough.

And yes, the pool is still closed.

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Patrollin’ and tryna catch me lurkin’ dirty

TechDiver ,

i was a reddit lurker for 10 years. i didnt even have an account. today i made my second comment here. hello world

sadreality ,

Chad!

Orbitrix ,

Yea I was a prolific commenter but I think I only created maybe 6-8 posts in 14 years on reddit, and certainly never created a community. So I might have to step up. Regardless of reddit, I absolutely love the idea of the fediverse and the decentralized nature of it, so I really would like to see it succeed. It really does have to be the way forward on the internet to avoid corporate interests.

warden ,
@warden@kbin.social avatar

Same here. The voice in the back of my head says "be the change you want to see in the world", then I'm like "nah that's too much work"...

DrNeurohax ,
@DrNeurohax@kbin.social avatar

Same. I think we need some way to coordinate the initial burst of content for some of the smaller subs. I hate to say it, but maybe we need to assign "homework" - Request (not require) new subscribers to contribute unique stories or info relevant to the mag/comm on some type of schedule.

Something like:
"As we try to grow this new community, we want to hear from you. We're asking (not requiring) all new subscribers to start a new post within their first week covering some aspect of the topic they find personally interesting or that they feel could help others. Just add "(1P)" to the title of the post. It doesn't matter if it's something you said elsewhere, if you're new to the entire topic and just want to post a bunch of questions, you have a funny story to tell, or have a super niche specialty.

Also, we should consider having more moderator-level users in subs to reduce the burden of moderation. It's more daunting if you're asked to be one of 3 mods than it is to be one of 15. We should also look into incentivizing moderation duties, but there's probably a much longer discussion to be had about that.

Izzgo ,

This sounds like a great tradition to encourage and support. On Reddit I was pretty danged chatty & responsive, but almost never started my own post. Maybe at most once a year. I hereby commit to upping my participation game to include some actual posts to some of the quiet magazines I've subbed to. Thanks for the push.

DrNeurohax ,
@DrNeurohax@kbin.social avatar

And YOUR exuberance has inspired me to commit to upping my post game. I was never a big poster on Reddit, but mostly because I just didn't want to deal with the contrarian and amateur professionals fallout. It might be best to focus on the niche communities, since that's where the real valuable stuff exists on Reddit.

Good luck out there!

NomadJones ,

What is the consensus on the etiquette of creating new communities/magazines with the names of the still extant old subreddits (particularly when you're not a mod of the old subreddit)?

donuts ,
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I'm not really sure... but the way I see it it's probably fair game.

Communities aren't something that somebody (reddit, specific moderators, etc.) owns, they are just concepts that people latch onto. And, for me at least, I would rather see popular communities exist here if people want them to, especially since you can have multiple communities under the exact same name on different servers in the fediverse.

In other words, if you want to bring over a specific reddit community I think you should just do it.

flta ,

I was on Reddit for over 10 years and it only became a place for niche communities when they got rid of defaults. Kbin/Fediverse will get there in a few years.

SunburyStudios ,

I personally think that's when the front page turned to crap. It was nice, curated, not insanely covered in alt-subs with bad actors.

hariette ,
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Yup!

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