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First comment on Lemmy, I'll try my best not to lurk! Really hoping to see this thrive.
I always mostly lurked on Reddit for years from fear of being judged, I struggle with anxiety and feel like I won't contribute anything.
Even commenting and upvoting is something
So far people have been much nicer here. And besides, who cares if someone judges you or feels like you didn't contribute anything, that's their problem not yours!
I feel you.
I am currently also just on reddit for lurking or searching things like "best maple-sirup which could be bought in germany".
However, if my wife can move from france to germany because of our relationship, I can move from reddit to lemmy.
Absolutely this!
I constantly feel as if my opinion is too worthless (or even plain wrong) to leave comments literally anywhere. And while it is great to know that I'm definitely not alone and there are people who feel this way, it is very sad and unfortunate that we even have to worry about it.
First comment!
I have always felt exactly the same way. I almost never posted or commented on Reddit for the same reason, constantly worried about negative or aggressive responses. Didn't have to spoons to always spend ages typing and re-typing a comment to make sure it came across exactly as I wanted it to and add something of as much value as possible x___x
I like the philosophy of beehaw and hope that it will help me start getting over this mental blocker. :)
Another lurker here, but somehow it feels like it has been a lot easier to post on here compared to reddit. Hopefully Lemmy continues to have good discussion without devolving too much into reddit meme comment chains and the like.