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Do your part, try not to lurk! (lemmy.ml)
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Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn't the thing that makes a social media site, it's the engagement

So even if you're used to lurking, try to get a little more active! Post memes, vote on posts, talk in the comments, whatever!

If people come here and see activity, content, and discussions, they're more likely to stay and contribute their own - if they come and see a ghost town, they'll just go back to reddit

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[–] karburator 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm trying to create a community, but the 'create' button just turns into a spinning circle, and nothing happens. I've left that tab open for more than an hour.

So insteat, here's my first comment.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

My experience is that when that happens, there is something wrong, but it seems like there is no proper error handling to tell you so it endlessly spins instead. Try giving it a different name or fill in a field you left empty (don't change the language one tho).

Even on lemmy.ml creating a community tends to not take too long. I made communities there because my own instance is country based and I don't want it to look local, but if you add your account on another server (for me the one I'm using now) as moderator you can moderate from there to not use up bandwidth from lemmy.ml.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I also got the spinning circle at the login screen, and figured out it was because I hadn't verified my email yet.

[–] karburator 2 points 2 years ago

Try giving it a different name

Yep, this did the trick. Creating a community with a different name was instant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What instance are you trying it on? lemmy.ml is very clogged at the moment. I'm using sopuli.xyz, its server has just been upgraded, and the owner is very quick to approve new users.

Created a Beatles community on this instance if you'd like to join it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah the servers are a bit overloaded these last couple days, maybe just try again later today!