Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn’t the thing that makes a social media site, it’s the engagement
So even if you’re used to lurking, try to get a little more active! Post memes, vote on posts, talk in the comments, whatever!
If people come here and see activity, content, and discussions, they’re more likely to stay and contribute their own - if they come and see a ghost town, they’ll just go back to reddit
I agree with you that Mastodon and Lemmy are quite different - the point of the fediverse is that you can communicate across them if you want. Here’s our conversation showing up in Mastodon:
Lemmy is more like Reddit - principally short, text-based, Mastodon is more like twitter and there’s a lot more graphical stuff there. Personally I find lemmy more intuitive - but I was never really into twitter, whereas I wasted a ton of time on reddit.
Interestingly in the screen shot above, the reply I made to the other poster about the NSFW instance that shows a graphic doesn’t show up - I don’t know why that is, but you can see our exchange shows just fine in Mastodon. In short, I prefer Lemmy but Mastodon has loads of photography and graphical content if that’s your preference - but you can most definitely interact between them. This should be a key factor as the fediverse matures and should help to ensure that our communities continue to grow.
That’s awesome! Thank you for taking the time to write out such a detailed response!