It could be the "shiny new thing" syndrome, the majority of people here (me included) might be just riding the "high" of joining in. Gotta wait and see how we'll be in 3+ months

I feel the need to contribute so the community continues to thrive.

https://www.reactiongifs.us/im-doing-my-part-starship-troopers/

Echoing what’s already been said here but just voicing that the same is true for me. It feels people actually read and engage with my posts, and what I have to say won’t be drowned out by the masses.

Part of the reason I think it’s ok to have slight barrier to entry that the fediverse has in general.

I've become a more avid shitposter.

It's nice to post in a place that has enthusiasm, rather than a place that's become a rote content-mill

Not shouting into a tornado helps a great deal.

definitely, felling kinda social lately

I think smaller communities are more inviting. For me it's a combination of wanting Lemmy to succeed, now that Reddit has begun it's downward spiral, and feeling more involved in communities. Though I have only just created my account, so only time will tell if I continue to be active.

Aye, folks here are a lot friendlier so tis easier to post!

I think I find myself participating more generally, now that I’m not necessarily frequenting specific subreddits

I think it helps that the community vibe is completely different here. On some reddit subs your posts would get automatically removed for the most arbitrary reasons, and that really discouraged people from participating. Here I haven't encountered anything like that yet and most of the people that do participate have been super cool too.

Agreed. I've been posting way more frequently than in Reddit. Although admittedly, the more engaging topics are there. But we're barely a month into rexxit so the leaps this platform have made is impressive enough.

It's hard to get noticed on Reddit (unless you make a typo!)

Unless you're the first to post on a new topic that goes on to be popular, then no matter what you say you get read and gain karma. If you comment on something a few hours old, nobody ever reads it.

You're one voice in a city. Whereas here, we're a village. Less anonymous, friendlier, easier to get talking to your neighbour.

With much smaller user base, one can actually get their posts/replies seen. Big difference.

It's nice because I always wondered what it was like being one of the early redditors (we've all seen those "when everything was better back in my days" comments), and it's as if I got chance at a magic Internet Reset button. Feeling that excitement that first got me into reddit, as I'm browsing and learning about the fediverse. Love it.

I rarely posted on Reddit, mostly because I would try to find a conversation already in progress instead of making my own post. Also, my posts rarely caught that much traction. I commented a lot more frequently, several times a week. I'm still fairly infrequent, mostly because in my early internet years I posted A LOT of cringe on Facebook/Myspace so I tend to be a little more measured in my internet footprint now.

Definitely replying more instead of just lurking.

I’m thinking it’s a combination of

1. my perception that I can expect a reply if I comment
2. My curiosity about Lemmy
3. I find more post relatable (probably because I am learning alongside others about Lemmy)

yeah people have mentioned already I've seen as a reason. This is because of active/hot, where on reddit the top comment was top because it was highest voted, there's something different going on with sorting here.

Absolutely, I feel closer to the community here on lemmy.

i feel less desire to troll here. Just feels mean and horrible.

Yep, for me is about supporting the cause.

I am more of a sarcastic commenter. Made a couple of posts though. However, I am upvoting a lot more stuff here as I never really upvoted posts on that other site that hates 3rd party stuff. I want to make sure this stuff actually works and people don’t go crawling back to that site that makes you Spez out.

Just doing my part to test the system. See what clicks, maybe it'll get better with my humble reply, one at a time

I spent years on Apollo and never even made an account, would just infinite scroll at work. Made an account on Lemmy and already feel like I’m more engaged

I lurked reddit for more than a decade and maybe posted 5 times. I hit that my first day here I think. Not sure what the difference is... I guess the smaller user base makes me feel like I can actually engage in a conversation with someone rather than just have my post disappear into the thousands already on a post

Well when your on a growing app it's not just your right to post, it's your duty!

I think I've posted more comments on Lemmy than I ever did on Reddit. And I joined Reddit back around 2010.