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kbin, lemmy, saidit, aagh I've established so many logins everywhere to try to replace the void that uSpez has created in my life, and this "fediverse" is complex & unsatisfying to my idle mind that just wants to relax in idle moments.

am eating MealSquares for breakfast. it's new-age complete nutrition in a brownie. i live on this stuff & it's amazing. i'm thin, fit, healthy, & i feel fantastic. effortless nutrition. Sorry if i sound like an ad. i'm not. You asked what I'm having for breakfast.

I started yesterday. Liking it so far, blocking some magazines that are maybe for teens.

My question is about comments. When I'm on kbin and browse a different instance's communities, I'll see comments, but when I switch instances to say lemmy.world there'll be more comments or entirely different comments.

Are comments only local to your instance?

For now I think the most important thing is simply keeping discussion in the big / obvious / front-page areas active enough that new users see that it's a lively community. We don't necessarily have to recreate every esoteric subreddit right away, that can come in time; the important thing is that whenever a new person shows up they see a bunch of recent posts and a bunch of recent comments (and not a ton of spam / ads / whatever).

Think of it a bit like walking around a city you don't know and trying to pick out a restaurant to have dinner at - maybe you can't find your favorite cuisine, but if a place looks clean and new and lively and the bar is well-stocked then perhaps it's OK if the menu is a bunch of New American blah blah whatever because you're still going to end up happy and fed. (and can note with interest the sign about the Romanian Enchilada place that's opening next month and remind yourself to come back then)

@MyMulligan

What are you doing to help your community?

I've joined the new equivalents of the coule of major communities I was very active in, and have been trying to contribute to conversations instead of just lurking. I know when I joined it was a little disheartening to see so little activity/content. If newcomers are going to stay, there needs to be both!

How do you go from lurking to contributing?

That's a good question. I make it a point to comment on any post I find slightly interesting, and to try and make it a discussion-based comment, not one that just dead-ends immediately.

As far as as posting goes, I'm still working on that one. Reddit was a source of a lot of news and such for me, so I'm slowly getting new sources for that to share.

I think for a lot of people, it's easier to contribute here because the overall user base is so much smaller and it feels like you have a voice, whereas on Reddit even fairly prominent community members could still get drowned out on their community's subreddits by all the noise.

Spreading the word?

I've been talking to friends about my recent shift into the Fediverse and why it's a good concept and how my experience has been. They seem interested in the concept, but aren't bothered by Reddit's actions, so they probably won't jump ship. Not going to be pushy about it, just want people to know how cool the concept is, you know?

Also, what's for breakfast?

Just woke up, so I'm still deciding. Most likely eggs and toast!

I created and mod three magazines for topics I'm very interested in. I am also pretty much the only one who posts links/microblogs in them, but I figure if I keep it up enough, others will find the content and start contributing as well.

I'm honestly just trying to post content to communities I'm interested in. If people show up and there's no content they'll just leave. I'm trying to submit interesting posts.

I'm doing my part. I'm posting on here and created a new magazine. Sure it's not the most active but there's only so much I'm gonna do about it.