If people use it and they don't post or comment, it could go dark

But if I comment then I'll break my 9 year record of being a lurker on social media!

FUCK SPEZ

Plot twist: All of the "bot accounts" were actually a huge influx of Reddit users who were lurking. By removing the accounts / defederating with their instances, we've sent them all back to Reddit, ensuring Reddit can pull through the mass exodus.

Can’t we just upvote?

But it's scary

This is not a strictly commercial network. Do we really need useless comments or posts just to increase some stats numbers? I'd think about quality contents instead.

Image Transcription: Meme

[Two men next to one another in an office cubicle. The man on the left is sitting at a desk looking anxiously at the man on the right, who is standing and gesturing with his hands as he explains something]

Lemmy only counts users who posted or commented as active users

You gotta post or comment!

^I'm a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^

How is upvoting/downvoting not considered being active? :/

Doing my part

But, I'm a lurker.

About 15 years ago many of us left Digg and migrated to Reddit because at that time it became kind of what Reddit is right now without even all the API shit going on.

I have been hoping for something to replace Reddit for a few years now but it seems like every possible alternative would instantly become populated by the alt-right, people who got evinced from other platforms, instead of free software loving geeks and their relatives.

Reddit actually gave us the kick in the butt that we needed to start anew and make something better. I wanted to fight, I made the subs I managed private and then NSFW but I realize it is not worth spending the energy.

We are the people who made Reddit great but there is no point in trying to keep it this ways, it isn't even great anymore anyway. Let's not be slaves to a company that only cares about profit and acts as if we need them while the truth is that they need us.

Trying to make Reddit better, at this point, is like volunteering for Microsoft instead of contributing to open-source projects with the hope that they will become less oriented toward profits.

This is already a place we can call our own, all we have to do is to furnish it and make it a nice place to be for those who understand why it is worthwhile to do so. It is not the actual owners of Reddit that made it great, quite the contrary even, they keep on making it worst. It is us, the users who made it great and we can do the same here.

I am pretty sure Aaron Swartz himself would tell us to leave the site he created if he could communicate from his grave. There is no point in wasting energy for a company that wants to sell us NFTs, virtual gifts and rewards. I never bought any of this shit anyway but I am going to make Lemmy a donation right now!

I mean, I've had a Reddit account for 13-14 years, maybe even longer, as I was a lurker who bookmarked different subreddits, prior to making an account. In those years, I have commented maybe 5 times in total. So you dont get to tell me what to do, and I certainly won't be commenting on this post.

Weird that votes don't count as activity. Oh well, here's me being active -- hope it helps.

Doing my part 🫡

Don't care.

I've never commented so much since I was on spez's den. On Reddit I was kind of intimidated most of the time because there would be already a lot of comments, and I feared I had nothing of substance to add.

Here there's less comments, but in this case I guess less is more. 😇

Please drink water

I like trains.

I've already posted more here than my last 4 years on Reddit.

I guess I probably should start commenting. Just been lurking and trying to find my communities.

Hard to do when a major app, Jerboa, can't do logins with a large instance, lemmy.world. I went through the trouble of making an account on the web just for versioning to make it unusable in app.

You're not my dad!

That sounds kinda self-sabotaging but ok. I shall comment!

Sorry I'll try harder!

I just feel like I don't have anything of value to add most of the time. I just enjoy lurking.

Why do you think you need to be counted?

count me daddy lemmy

It ain't much...

Sure, I guess I'm active, but I will go back to lurking

But what if I'm an introvert and like to lurk? Introverts unite! Separately! And in different places!

B - but my username

I didn't know that, how often does a user have to comment/post to be "active"? Are we only active the days we do it?

YOU GOTTA GIVE!

You can't make me. Wait... shit...

I don't like engaging with people... but I also feel the need to help Lemmy's numbers.... what to do.

OK, guess I'll comment then.

Voting on posts doesn't count as engagement?

Voting should count but fine I’ll comment

In about 10 years on Reddit I made probably less than 5 comments and never posted. I think I already have more comments here in the past month, just a much better community and I actually feel like commenting more.

Y

is upvote counted?

What about votes? Do they count as activity?

eh. nice try. I'll stay lurkin'.

NO YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO

...wait, shit, I COMMENTED BUT NOT BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME TO

You can't tell me what to do! You're not my manager!

I am currently posting or commenting

I'm trying to but i can't for some reason

Nah I don't think I will.

Cereal goes before milk

HOLD THAT DOOR!! HOLD THAT DOOR!! walks slowly to elevator

Ok fine

hello fellow active users

I prefer to lurk

I love lamp.

I’m a lurker here until I find my people. This is my first comment. Hello, Lemmy!

Also, WefWef is pretty amazing. I hope it goes full native iOS someday.

Fuck spez

Oh shit I only get one opportunity to say something witty and I just wasted

I am an active user :)

Fine Mom, you've guilted me into commenting.

There. I commented. I have saved the internet

"active users" is such a vague metric... each platform has its own rules for that, so it's meaningless (not to mention the obvious inflation of commercial ones, so comparison is useless in practice)

transparent data such as "# active posters", "# active commenters", "# active voters", etc makes a lot more sense if we are not thinking commercially (which I'm guessing is the whole point of independent communities such as fediverse). no need to impress anyone and the metrics become readable

I like to just browse but whatever. Hi.

Maybe we're all scared because reddit was full of mean assholes who called us names

It's me, I'm scared :( and why I won't miss reddit

I have been and will continue to. Especially once Baconreader goes dark. This is my new home, reddit account already deleted.

Doing my part.

So, now we're begging for low quality content (like this comment)?

But I want to just lurk...😅

How often? Does it effect my tax bracket? Can I bring a friend?

If I comment from another instance, does it count towards my instance or the instance the post was from?

Commenting just to be part of the statistic...

thas stupid

On lemmy I've felt I can be more genuine when commenting instead of being worried on what to say

am I doing this right? can everyone hear me?

Lotta people give

I will literaly never post anything, even comments

Active user reporting in

Ok

The gentry has landed

This is the 21st comment since I started using Lemmy on this account

This is good to know!

I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

Well might as well comment

Always been a lurker but sounds like I gotta do my part!

Reporting for active duty 🎖️

I am not getting notifications for replies to my comments on android, I have tried jerboa, summit, liftoff, thunder, and connect for lemmy

Am I missing something here? Are push notifications not implemented yet?

Plus one active user.

Lemming reporting in!

I would like to but I don't know what to post :(

Yeah here’s my part 🫡

I used to be a lurker, but I find myself more encouraged to participate on Lemmy. This here is my THIRD comment in the last two days, which is a lot of engagement compared to my usual levels on Reddit.

I'm helping!

Tbh, that's kinda dumb, up/down votes should be considered activity too

I'm doing my part!

What up, I'm Jared, I'm 19, and I never f***ing learned how to post

I'm doing my part

You gotta give!

Big if true

You can't tell me what to do! Wait...

Hi

What's this from?

I am doing my part..

I’m doing my part

We are the road crew!

I'm an active user

I DIDNT DO FUCKIN SHIT!

IM DOING MY PART!!

1 (doing my part)

Posting

I'm a bit out of the loop, does just lurking mean you lose your account after a while or something?

u can't tell me what to do

So you're saying to count as an active user I need to post or comment?

I'm doing my part!

I'm not worried about it, I'm not worried about any of it!

Hi!

Guess I can't be a lurker anymore then

How often do I need to comment?

I am doing my part!

I’m active I’m active, damn!

Never.

I post, therefore I am.

well lets post and comment!

Don't tell me how to live my life

Yo!

okay

comment.

hello world

I am doing my part!

good!

I’m an active user 🫡

Spuck fez?

You’ve GOT to give

Am I doing this right?

Aw, man. I can't just lurk?

Doing my part

I am commenting!

i have yet to make a post though...

I didnt know this!

Comment

Is this a karma grab post on a site without karma?

oh fuck

don’t tell me what to do!