I noticed during posting here in lemmy that there is next to no comments at any post here, regardless of the topic or the sub compared to any other website (reddit, quora, saidit, etc…) .

I started to feel that I am speaking to the void.

What is the real number of active users here?

Is there a growth plan for lemmy?

  • jackalope@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    I really like Lemmy but it is true that it does have some issues attracting active contributors or commentators. I think some of this might be because it’s a little more explicitly political as a project. Some of it is because it’s newer I think. Some of it is because less people use stuff like reddit to begin with, so it’s kind of a niche audience.

    There’s been issues with troll brigading in the past which I think makes the community a little more insular by default.