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.

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[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!

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

But, I'm a lurker.

Doing my part

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 🫡

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

Please drink water

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 like trains.

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.

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

You're not my dad!

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

It ain't much...

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

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?

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.

count me daddy lemmy

B - but my username

Why do you think you need to be counted?

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

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

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

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

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.

YOU GOTTA GIVE!

Y

What about votes? Do they count as activity?

Voting on posts doesn't count as engagement?

OK, guess I'll comment then.

Voting should count but fine I’ll comment

NO YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO

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

is upvote counted?

I am currently posting or commenting

I am an active user :)

Cereal goes before milk

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

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

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

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 like to just browse but whatever. Hi.

I love lamp.

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 prefer to lurk

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

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

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.

Doing my part.

But I want to just lurk...😅

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

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

Ok fine

Nah I don't think I will.

Fuck spez

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

hello fellow active users

Fine Mom, you've guilted me into commenting.

I am doing my part..

Hi!

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

Commenting just to be part of the statistic...

Posting

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

I'm helping!

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

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

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

I'm doing my part!

I'm an active user

Hi

This is good to know!

Lemming reporting in!

IM DOING MY PART!!

I will literaly never post anything, even comments

What's this from?

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.

Plus one active user.

I’m active I’m active, damn!

Guess I can't be a lurker anymore then

How often do I need to comment?

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?

Lotta people give

Never.

am I doing this right? can everyone hear me?

I'm doing my part

Big if true

Ok

u can't tell me what to do

Well might as well comment

Reporting for active duty 🎖️

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

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

I am doing my part!

Yeah here’s my part 🫡

Active user reporting in

I'm doing my part!

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

I DIDNT DO FUCKIN SHIT!

I’m doing my part

thas stupid

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.

1 (doing my part)

You gotta give!

The gentry has landed

We are the road crew!

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

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

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

Hello :)

Comment

You can't tell me what to do!!

I'm doing my part

Is this bait?

Guess I'm active now

I don't wanna comment >:(

lurking only for this gal

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

Welp, here's my part

Sigh

E

Got it.

You hit me in the cup

Count this!

Bwoah is the same for everybody

Alright alright cool it down okay?

Hi

Damn please replace reddit

wait, words? should I use them?

Damn, alright.

I guess I’d like to exist.

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

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

TIL.

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

I'm doing my part!

Noted

Well I'm trying to be active I swear

+1 active user

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

Present

Oh my piano

How often should we comment/post?

Here for the party

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

Yo!

Here's my one comment for the day.

Count me in!

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

Lurker reporting in for duty

I'm alive and lurking (mostly).

I'm helping I'm helping!

It's got nothing to do with piss!

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

Oh nyo

I post, i count.

well lets post and comment!

O7

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

Ok you got me on that one! ^Hi^

we out here

We’re all here…

Alright fine.

okay

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

Something

Hi

Tamales for dinner

Okay if you insist there you go

Everything changed when the fire nation attacked

Hi

I'm alive!

Time to stop lurking

Ok, fine. I'll comment.

Aw, man. I can't just lurk?

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

I’m here :)

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

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

I will be better. I promise!

ok

You’ve GOT to give

hello world!

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

you gotta give

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

If

Hello world

I didnt know this!

Spuck fez?

I'm doing my part!

hello world

Lurker reporting in 👋

active lurker

Comment

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

Hi I’m active.

activeUsers++;

Doing my part

Lurker checking in

🫡 Doing my part, soldier.

Reddit is a Dumpster fire 🔥

Look up at my face

YOU GOTTA POST

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

Hi it's me, Active

Mic test. 1, 2, 3.

What if we post a comment?

/* Here you go */

I'm doing my part!

.

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

Hi

Weird, how's that?

comment

don’t tell me what to do!

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?

Comment

Thia is a comment of an active user!

Posting, commenting, "active" 👍

let’s go

Doing my part

Just doing my part 🐛

My comment is here now, thanks.

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

comment.

.

I’m doing my part 🫡

Ok!

good!

Don't tell me how to live my life

Here's ya sign buddy

No.

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

I’m doing my part!

But I wanted to continue my years of lurking…

I don't know what to saaaaaayyyyyy...

Does that make me active?

I’m doing my part!

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.

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

we are the champions???

I am commenting!

i have yet to make a post though...

But how will I maintain my lurker status?

Got it.

I am doing my part!

Hello there

Ok. (I use Arch btw)

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

What

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

acitivity

This is a comment

HOLD THAT POST, HOLD THAT POST!!!

Post

You guys have active users?

Count me in!

Shit, no lurking?

oh fuck

Does it matter where in the fediverse I post?

You can't tell me what to do!

My little bit

Being active, activate.

Definitely active now

Reporting in as instructed

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

Count me active like one of your French girls.

Active User here!

I'm here 🫡

Commenting

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

Do I have to?

I post, therefore I am.

Votes don’t count?

Doing my part!

Does it count if I'm a bot?

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

Lurkers wanna lurk!

I’m an active user 🫡

Am I doing this right?

Who would make it go dark?

Upvote

Comment