According to Lemmy's documentation, "An active user is someone who has posted or commented on our instance or community within the last given time frame."

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EDIT: check out this link for a list of lemmy apps: https://lemmy.world/post/465785

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I've been mostly a lurker on Reddit for the past 10 years but something about Lemmy just makes me want to engage in the community more than reddit ever has. Also it's incredibly impressive how quickly lemmy improved over the last weeks.

[–] RealHumanBeann 12 points 2 years ago

I agree. I lurked on Reddit for most of my time there. But here, it feels like I can get a fresh start and be a part of a new community. Kinda feels like I have a responsibility too. I want this place to succeed, so I have to contribute.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

I wasn't a lurker on reddit. But damn, lemmy has somehow supercharged me into posting and commenting at ten times the rate I used to.

[–] LightProtector 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I still think that Lemmy needs to be more user-friendly before it starts to gain a lot of traction. Right now, the decentralization is an aspect that makes it so great, but it also creates a lot of pain points.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A month ago there was only around 1k active users and the two primary devs. Things have blown up FAST, but they are working overtime to make changes and establish coordination to help improve the overall experience.

[–] LightProtector 1 points 2 years ago

It’s crazy how fast Lemmy and even the iOS apps have been progressing. Memmy through TestFlight has made browsing Lemmy super easy and fun.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I was frequent poster/commenter on Reddit before having a mini burnout by so many of my comment chains just randomly escalating into pointless arguments by toxic people, so I turned into a long-term lurker after that.

Conversations on Lemmy are definitely way, way more inviting to partial lurkers like me who want to join in conversations once in a while without having to think about some random toxic people basically hijacking the conversation I'm having to satisfy their need to vent their toxicity onto the internet.