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  • Leilys@monyet.cc
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    2 years ago

    Only just caved into my boycott of Reddit today to see if r/malaysia migrated. Really happy to see that we have!

    I think will be a while lah before we get more traction here, but one less comment we make on Reddit, is one less piece of content they get.

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      2 years ago

      I think it’s fine if we don’t get back to what we have like in r/malaysia, my experience from there is we can only see like a hundred of user commenting and then the 290k user is all lurker and never interact. Our highest post upvote is only around 4500, so around 98.5% of them couldn’t even bother to upvote a post, let alone comment or make an og post. The sub might be big but if you post/comment a lot or interact in the daily thread, the sub is actually pretty small and rather tight-knitted

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        2 years ago

        Yeah, I understand that. Though I think the value of spaces like this is also to curate quality news and resources, which is what I used Reddit for a lot.

        I think there’s a lot of good for having a space where people are sharing relevant and interesting news. Even if they’re lurkers, it doesn’t mean they’re not part of the community I guess?

        I dunno where I’m leading this point lol. Just that I think everyone, even lurkers have a place as part of the community. Not everyone is social, but I think r/Malaysia & r/Malaysians made it feel like everyone is welcome regardless, and I’d like that feeling to carry on wherever the community goes.