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

Can’t we just upvote?

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.

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.

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Lemmy only counts users who posted or commented as active users

You gotta post or comment!

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

Doing my part

But, I'm a lurker.

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

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.

Don't care.

Doing my part 🫡

Please drink water

I like trains.

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

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. 😇

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!

It ain't much...

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

B - but my username

Why do you think you need to be counted?

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

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

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.

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?

count me daddy lemmy

is upvote counted?

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

What about votes? Do they count as activity?

YOU GOTTA GIVE!

Voting on posts doesn't count as engagement?

NO YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO

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

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

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

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.

OK, guess I'll comment then.

Voting should count but fine I’ll comment

Y

I prefer to lurk

Cereal goes before milk

Nah I don't think I will.

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

hello fellow active users

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

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.

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

I love lamp.

I am currently posting or commenting

I am an active user :)

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

Doing my part.

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

But I want to just lurk...😅

Ok fine

Fine Mom, you've guilted me into commenting.

I like to just browse but whatever. Hi.

"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

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

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

There. I commented. I have saved the internet

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

Fuck spez

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

Reporting for active duty 🎖️

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

You gotta give!

Guess I can't be a lurker anymore then

I will literaly never post anything, even comments

Hi

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

Posting

Lemming reporting in!

Lotta people give

What's this from?

1 (doing my part)

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

I’m active I’m active, damn!

I'm an active user

u can't tell me what to do

I DIDNT DO FUCKIN SHIT!

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 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?

I'm doing my part!

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

am I doing this right? can everyone hear me?

Commenting just to be part of the statistic...

I'm doing my part

IM DOING MY PART!!

Hi!

Active user reporting in

Ok

I'm doing my part!

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

We are the road crew!

Plus one active user.

How often do I need to comment?

I am doing my part..

I’m doing my part

Big if true

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

This is good to know!

Yeah here’s my part 🫡

Never.

I'm helping!

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

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

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.

I am doing my part!

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

thas stupid

Well might as well comment

The gentry has landed

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

This is a comment

Comment

Sigh

Alright, fine! I'll stop lurking...

@danc4498 does it count if I’m posting from a #Mastodon acc?

Comment

But how will I maintain my lurker status?

You aren't considered an active user unless you post or comment at least once during the period measured (day, week, month, year)

Hi I’m active.

My little bit

Here's ya sign buddy

Definitely active now

I am doing my part!

I post, therefore I am.

.

I’m here :)

Count me in!

Yo!

No.

Hello world

hello world!

But what’s the point if they are not adding anything besides active user number go up?

Commenting

🫡 Doing my part, soldier.

Hi

Aw, man. I can't just lurk?

Hi

If Bruce Springsteen had recorded "Born to Lurk", I would be on the cover.

You can't tell me what to do!!

Just doing my part 🐛

I don't know what to saaaaaayyyyyy...

Here for the party

Upvote

You guys have active users?

My comment is here now, thanks.

I'm alive!

I will be better. I promise!

Does it matter where in the fediverse I post?

Tamales for dinner

Hello there

Oh nyo

Fine I posted, and this is a comment. Happy?

The more you know. Learning through memes is the best.

Present

I had no idea it was counted that way. Guess I oughta do my part lmao

Reddit is a Dumpster fire 🔥

ok, ok, just don't send me the loud videos that can't be turned down or off.

comment

It's got nothing to do with piss!

acitivity

Comment

Doing my part!

Is this bait?

I’m an active user 🫡

Look up at my face

YOU GOTTA POST

I don't even know how to make an account properly. This is a test comment

I'm doing my part, you're doing your part, everyone's doing their part!

Ok. (I use Arch btw)

Alright alright cool it down okay?

Ok!

Post

oh fuck

Alright fine.

Don't tell me how to live my life

Does that make me active?

How often should we comment/post?

/* Here you go */

If

I am commenting!

i have yet to make a post though...

Yeah good so this is going to be my first comment on this platform.

We’re all here…

Am I doing this right?

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

Votes don’t count?

You can't tell me what to do!

Thia is a comment of an active user!

active lurker

Lurker reporting in for duty

Lurker checking in

Count me in!

Active User here!

wait, words? should I use them?

activeUsers++;

let’s go

Lemmy what now? so this 5.8mil daily active users are only the people who post or comment? woah

Something

Everything changed when the fire nation attacked

What

HOLD THAT POST, HOLD THAT POST!!!

we out here

What if we post a comment?

Reporting in as instructed

Here's my one comment for the day.

Lurker reporting in 👋

Well I'm trying to be active I swear

Shit, no lurking?

Hi it's me, Active

Got it.

Spuck fez?

we are the champions???

.

Okay if you insist there you go

Ok you got me on that one! ^Hi^

hello world

Doing my part

you gotta give

E

Noted

I'm doing my part!

TIL.

No one should have to suffer through reading my opinions, but here I am for the DAU count

The site's entirely user funded, if people use it and don't give, it'll go under.

Absolutely not! You're not the boss of me! 😂

All right, here i am, part of the statistics.

You hit me in the cup

Comment

Pointless user interaction isn't really required on lemmy/fediverse/activity pub. Because they don't have to sell them selves to advertisers. As long as there's productive conversation and hosting isn't a burden current instances will likely continue ticking along.

What's most likely to kill it would be admins being overwhelmed with moderation needs and a general user backlash against moderation actions.

That's killed so many websites I've ran/moderated for, giving too many chances to users who didn't deserve them.

Because federation is broken between many servers, I have to use multiple accounts to see all the communities.

I’m doing my part!

I'm doing my part!

Well I used to be a total piece of shit. But I'm not anymore.

Mic test. 1, 2, 3.

Posting, commenting, "active" 👍

Welp, here's my part

Damn please replace reddit

I swear, Tim Robinson's show is made for memes

ok

Bwoah is the same for everybody

Well then, let's add me to the count!

Time to stop lurking

I post, i count.

Doing my part

Being active, activate.

comment.

Weird, how's that?

Got it.

Nice try, OP. I will never comment. Never!

I'm doing my part!

I don't wanna comment >:(

lurking only for this gal

good!

Hello :)

But I wanted to continue my years of lurking…

Damn, alright.

I guess I’d like to exist.

+1 active user

It does say "active" users right there in the title.

Who would make it go dark?

I’m doing my part!

I didnt know this!

Ok, fine. I'll comment.

okay

Lurkers wanna lurk!

No, I won't, you can't make me

Does it count if I'm a bot?

I'm alive and lurking (mostly).

Count this!

Hi

Oh my piano

don’t tell me what to do!

I'm here 🫡

Guess I'm active now

well lets post and comment!

Howdy fellas, 0 com 0posts, 7months acc. Sorry.

I'm helping I'm helping!

Are you a cop? You gotta tell me if you're a cop. Right?

You’ve GOT to give

Count me active like one of your French girls.

I'm doing my part

Lol not trying to be snarky here but is that true or is it a way to get people here to comment and boost posts?

Hi

Do I have to?

I’m doing my part 🫡

O7