Comment on Would you all prefer lemmy as a whole reaches the userbase of reddit, or to remain smaller?
Dontfearthereaper123@lemm.ee 10 months agoNo I’m a lurker, I just don’t respond very often so much as just see the conversation. The reason people did that shit on reddit was because of the sense of anonymity, u saw it happen to 4chan to a greater extent.
billbasher@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I didn’t mean to imply that all lurkers were like that. Yeah I think everyone browses conversations without engaging to a certain degree. Its what makes posts great! It’s just a little disheartening getting downvoted a bunch for speaking an opinion with no replies. If I’m gonna downvote something I usually try to respond