Comment on Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.

• balssh@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I guess once more and more content is posted here, naturally more people will come. And also any further steps of reddit enthitiffication will move people over.

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  • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can we actively do something to help this process?

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    • turdburglar@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      yes. do what i’ve been doing. tell your irl acquaintances about the fediverse. tell them about the lack of algorithm and the lack of ads. tell them about the lack of billionaires farming you and yours for data.

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      • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Already on it! ✊

        But I think we need a simple elevator pitch to win them over. No ads is definitely a great start.

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    • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The main thing is post more. Lack of content is the main reason people don’t use Lemmy more, and the only way to fix this is to share/produce more.

      Its a bit of an unpopular opinion, but I think even (transparent, community-relevant) bots are a good idea at this point, given that 99% of interests have little to no activity currently. For example, if we had bots that post game update changelogs to their relevant communities, it would at least provide a baseline amount of content and make it easier to discuss for fans of those games.

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    • Dil@is.hardlywork.ing ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      post, comment, I keep seeing nonfedrrated options pop up because they know ppl are tired of stuff like reddit and are trying to grab ppl

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      • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Which ones? Haven’t seen any others yet.

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• RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some forum software is starting to support activitypub with plugins. If they add the plugin then you can follow and interact with the forum from Lemmy. The best option for everyone is to start pestering forum admins to add those plugins so they get users and Lemmy gets more content.

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  • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That sounds like an awesome idea! I’m sure that many forum owners don’t even know that they can federate.

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• JujiFruit@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I found Lenny because someone posted about it on reddit

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  • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Awesome! What was the post and what convinced you?

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    • JujiFruit@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I honestly don’t remember exactly but I think people were complaining about Reddit’s trajectory and someone mentioned lemmy voyager and I download it immediately.

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      • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Cool. And are you still using Reddit or are you using Lemmy exclusively?

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• Babalugats@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Start copying as many of the top searches that bring people to Reddit. Have them answered here, possibly in more detail, or maybe copy paste.

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  • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s a great idea!

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• PanArab@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  More Lemmy posts in search results

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  • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Awesome. Let’s do that! :)

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• Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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  • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some good stuff there. Thanks!

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    • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Happy to help.

      There’s also !fedigrow@lemm.ee about community growing (so more internal than external growth). Happy to discuss there as well.

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      • tfm@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Would love to! I’m already subscribed.

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