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Not yet, but that's all gonna change when my preferred app for Reddit presumably dies a week from today.

Ya because theres less mass downvoting (tho i never got mass downvoted except once when i put an emoji on reddit) and less "ummm ackshully" people, usually people offer corrections in a more constructive way that stimulates conversation here. Also on Reddit esp. really big subreddits there'd just be comment threads of the same jokes over and over "and my axe! I also choose this guy's wife! Narrator: he did not" and I didnt really wanna participate in that lol

Thats true for me :)

Yep, but i closed my reddit account a while ago. I feel like reddit karna makes conversations less thoughtful. Everyone wants to post a quick quip and get karma, making the conversation pretty useless.

Definitely, but I never really got into Reddit. Coincidently I had waited until just a couple months ago to try out Reddit and then Lemmy happened so no big loss for me.

I'm more active here than I ever was there, and that's saying something since I haven't posted much here yet. Just having people here that act like... people helps so much.

Definitely, I've been busy but I'd love to make more posts when I have more time, especially once apps start getting better for it. I'm a big fan of connect, but you can't save images yet which is a bummer

edit: you can download things now

Right not, no. Soon, very much so.

Yeah, I do kinda feel like I'm commenting more on posts that I wouldn't have commented on over at reddit. Not sure why, probably has at least something to do with tje fact that I want to contribute to this place. I think it's also that people on here do seem to be more laid back and less confrontational over things that don't call for a confrontation. I like it here.

It is a hard habit to break. I mostly lurked on reddit, a few comments here and there. Trying to engage and post a bit more than I would have previously.

Definitely. I am more of a lurker than a poster, though. Which is difficult because there is not a ton of content yet. I want to contribute of my own but find it a bit difficult.

I am, because I don't have to worry about a bot or some overzealous mod deleting everything I post because I didn't include the right kind of "flair" or some other nonsense.

Same. I feel a bit pressure to post in the hopes Lemmy will grow…

@zephyr There's definitely a bias to the people more active who will comment here, but I feel I'm less active, which is a good thing, as Lemmy is less addictive.

Not yet. They're are some niche subs I go to that have no equivalents here.

I actually used reddit with no account, you know, there was clients allowed us to use reddit wtih subscribing without account. But here, in lemmy, I have an account and am much more active.

Definitely. Since I found out how to filter correctly and with other subreddits coming over- its been getting better and better. I don't want this to be another reddit, but having some content that made reddit fun isn't all that bad imo.

Yes, a lot. Here, I have a lot of communities and try to create a lot of post here!

Its enjoyable so far and I would, like everyone else here, like for this for work out.

Absolutely, I hadn't posted to reddit for so long because it was pointless. Here feels different, at least for now.

If we are not active this place will never take off so post some content! :D

Yeah definitely , I try to engage more to also push more content up 😁

do we need more posts asking lemmy users how often they use lemmy

I think there's research that's shown 100-150 people is a critical limit for a community to feel meaningful. It's why the subreddits with the smaller number of active posters did so much better.