I know part of the whole point of the migration is starting out fresh and getting a chance to be contribute to a relatively developing community (this is my first post by the way. Hope I’m doing my part!). And that seems really great! But, as someone who was in the generational bracket where, once I was old enough to get into Reddit, it was already fairly well-developed and thriving, getting into something THIS new is… Weird.
I was never the kind of person who got into anything ahead of the mainstream (mostly because I never got into much of anything, period, and have been relatively agnostic on Social Media in general outside of Reddit) and now, being here, I don’t really know what to do with myself as I just kinda… Wait. Wait for the cultures to mature, for dynamics to form and develop, for the list of communities both here and elsewhere to not just increase in number, but in content. And, while I know it literally can’t happen if even a significant fraction of people feel like this, a part of me does kinda wish I could blink away from all of this and come back when, hopefully, the whole of the Fediverse (Threadiverse? Is that what we call Reddit-analogues specifically? Again, new here, and trying to learn the terms) is more mature and filled-out.
All in all, despite these feelings, I wanna be here on the ground floor contributing. And I wish anyone else in this mindset luck in doing so too, as long as they’re comfortable! Hopefully together, we can all build something fun. :)
Well the first step is to be proactive and work on building the new community. Use the tools you have at your disposal and your knowledge in the topics you love to add content! Not a great content finder/poster (no shame, I’ve never been either), then at least engage with what’s there. Discuss with the people (they aren’t bots here) that are also interested. Foster an environment you want to spend more time in and you’ll inevitably do that!
Second, and I’m honestly surprised more people aren’t talking about this aspect but for now - POACH. Reddit is not dying or going away the way the confirmation-biased rexxitors would have you believe based on all the death of Reddit style posts (hopefully one day but it’s not today, and it’s not in the short-to-near term). That means those content communities and circles are still alive, if slightly smaller (hopefully) and people (and definitely Reddits bot army) are likely still keeping them populated. Steal it! Bring that shit over here! Reddit is a link sharing sites primarily, and so is this! Take that link, ctrl-c, ctrl-v baby!
Finally, spread the word! Those that haven’t rexxited haven’t done so because either they haven’t heard about Lemmy/kbin/fediverse, it’s too confusing, or they haven’t seen an enticing enough reason to. None of those things will change without engaging with them.
Cheers!
Agree with all of this. On the point of not being able to find content to post, other tha poaching content straight from Reddit, I also recommend setting up an RSS reader. You can get feeds from a lot of sites into a single feed. Thats how I find a lot of information before it hits Lemmy/Kbin, and I share what I find interesting or could start a good discussion.
Thanks that’s very good advice. Setting up an RSS reader has been ony to do list for like four years now. I am slammed next week but the week after I have promised myself I’ll finally figure it out!
Hold me to it friend!
Honestly, I don’t know if I could’ve come up with a more succinct action plan if you’d paid me. Cheers to all of that for sure! I do worry how many of the subreddits I used to post in might still be locked down as a result of continuing protest (I haven’t checked, nor checked on the status of the reinstatement drama for the benefit of my own sanity), but I’ll do my best to keep Beehaw and the rest of the Lemmyverse in mind when I see content worth sharing! And in the meantime, I’ll do my best to post in places like this as either a main poster or commenter. Adding to conversation in the ways I can, and fostering good vibes whenever possible. Here’s hoping!