I’ve been a chronic lurker on many platforms for my entire life, but the amount I actually contribute on the internet is VERY little. I want to change that, so I thought I’d ask the experts of the internet. What does your engagement with the internet look like? On which platforms, and why? How do you find your communities through the “noise”?
For me personally, I deal with a lot of anxiety sharing myself with internet strangers. I struggle to think anything I would say is valuable, interesting, or hasn’t already been said. Any tips on how to grow confidence and trust that my input has merit, or could be useful to someone?
Thanks for any responses. I’m really enjoying kbin and lemmy (came from reddit) and its the first community that I really want to participate in and help further its success.
Hi! In the same situation.
What helps me is taking baby steps (i share as much as im comfortable and nothing more) and very low expecation, oh and is a huge benefit that the standards in Lemmy don’t really exist so that’s nice. I also sort by New, which helps me find new post with little to no comments where you can easily interact.
The scariness hasn’t gone away for me but I think that’s good , getting to comfy on the internet can be a bit dangerous and i mean we are all strangers here so you know , i jusr act accordingly to that.
Right now is encouraged to post , comment and participate as much as you can. A community and network is nothing without engagement from the participants , so i just feel like i am doing my part the best i can even if it isn’t the best , at least is something.
As opposed to “read it on reddit” here is more “lemmy post” kind of attitude at the moment. Good luck :)
True, it’s always important to not get too comfy here, that’s just asking for trouble haha. Sorting by New is a great tip! And allowing myself baby steps, no shame no judgement. Love that.