I’ve been one of the people saying “we don’t need more users. we need quality over quantity” and i was wrong.

the way it’s going, lemmy needs active users who post content sothat the network stays relevant. networks like the fediverse benefit from network effects and that means that if we have more users, that improves the value and quality of the fediverse overall.

So please, everyone, when you can, make advertisement for the fediverse in your personal area. Go talk to friends, make attractive stickers and put them everywhere, stuff like that. We would all benefit from it.

edit: source for the graph

  • lunarcat@lemmy.caEnglish
    33·
    5 days ago

    Today is my first day here and I’ve mostly just been wandering hobby/interest groups!

    I think the biggest barrier for new users is that the whole system here is pretty complicated with the “decentralized” model. I don’t really understand what it means or how it works, what the difference between the various servers are, or what to join or even which app to download. There are a lot of options and complicated technical terms (like “federated”, “fediverse”) you need to research just so you can sign up. The fact that you have to write all of these explanations about it doesn’t really help. A platform like reddit (which I migrated from) is clean, easy to understand, and makes sense to the casual user.

    As for the political stuff, I think people here should engage more with positive content. We should make the wholesome, fun stuff popular because it’s appealing. Post about the cool/funny/awesome/interesting stuff you encounter every day; talk about the arts, your hobbies, your funny life fuck ups, your non-serious relationship woes, your pets, etc.! In my exploration today I noticed those kinds of communities barely get any interaction whereas the news/political ones are always active.

    • Misfit-Meower@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      5 days ago

      This. This is the main complaining I see over the Fediverse when I try to suggest it to people. They enter Lemmy to give it a check and go “It’s all politics?”

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
        4·
        5 days ago

        did you mention that reddit is all politics as well. reddit is intentionally forcing politics to front page, and anypolitics adjacent topics. almost all sports, celebrity talk eventually leads to politics.

    • GreenShimada@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      Welcome! The thing worth knowing is that corporate social media has intentionally trained you to expect zero friction because that’s the basis of their business model - to trap you. Once you spend a bit of time or watch a YT video and understand how lemmy works, it’s not that complicated at all.

      Consider that things worth doing in life are not so easy that they suck you in. No one gets in shape at the gym on accident. A small bit of effort pays off here.