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How can we boost Lemmy membership? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by Spasmolytic@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Since my favorite reddit app came to Lemmy I'm really keen on getting more people into the fediverse to pump up the volume of content around here. Are there any initiatives that we can assist to get folks onboard?

I had my wife join, and she likes it, but laments the slow pace of new material in the communities.

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think a better explanation of how to use it would be good, like that there's not a native app and what an instance is. It took me some figuring how to get here.

[–] Spasmolytic@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. As I mentioned, it was my favorite reddit app (Boost) coming to Lemmy that got me going. I had previously started to dip a toe into the fediverse, but it's a rather confusing concept to think you need to sign up to an instance that may not have any specific appeal itself, it just give you a connection to all the other instances (except when it doesn't).

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They just had Jerboa when I signed up which I couldn't seem to log in to for about a week. I finally gave up and then Connect came out.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think that's a good thing. Keeps out the riff-raff.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Haha.

[–] herr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Keeps out the new users we'll need to keep this place alive, you mean

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

This place was alive before the Reddit flood. It would be fine.