That’s certainly the reason I mainly lurk, I don’t have anything of value to add at the moment. When I do I definitely plan to create some content.

Not a teenager and not gay(spectrum stuff), but same. Love my ugly shirts.

So right, I remember years ago participating in so many different communities or forums online. Since then I’ve just been a lurker consuming content like everyone else without actually communicating or creating anything myself.

My first comment tonight I stated I feel like a kid in high school screwing around on the internet again.

I love that this network is smaller that anything we’ve been used to or exposed to in years, I actually feel the want to participate and to me that’s important.

This is also a great tip, you need to change your sorting habits. But that also depends on the instance you signed up for if I’m correct. If you’re on a smaller instance you’ll only see content on the fediverse that others on the same instance interact with(and vice versa).

It depends on what communities and the instances those communities are on. That includes the intentions of the communities themselves. Some are just bots relaying information(certain news communities, tech communities, etc).

So that’s important, and then on top of that it’s important to remember the fediverse is growing, while it’s been around for a number of years it’s still very much new to bunch of people. The amount of users or members compared to twitter, or Reddit(which I’m a refugee from), or facebook, etc is tiny.

So the fediverse is growing and while I love it right now, more and more folks will sign up on different instances and if everything works out the engagement will increase.

It’s definitely harder the older you get(at least making good friends is).

In my experience check out meetup, or go to places you’re hobbies are common. While it’s work eventually you’ll vibe with someone and they’ll introduce you to their group and so on.

I’m new to lemmy, so as far as I know I don’t think there is a private messaging system yet, but you okay?

I hope you are, things will look up friends wise

As far as the fediverse not being “ready”, I certainly feel like it’s ready for me. But of course we’re talking personally. I definitely agree it’s not ready for users looking for the easiest route to log in and have everything be ready and easy and setup for them.

I’m stoked right now, I feel like I’m in high school screwing around on the internet again!