Maybe this is a dumb question. I've always been a lurker on social media, but I really want to help the Fediverse grow, and I've never been sure of how to engage with social media communities without feeling like I'm not contributing anything of value. What types of posts/comments/interactions are most needed on the Fediverse? Also, what are some tips on becoming less nervous to interact online? Sorry if this isn't the right community to post to, wasn't sure where to ask this.

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[–] ctry21@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For the nervousness, I started commenting here a couple of weeks ago for the same reasons of wanting to help keep places like this active but it was daunting after probably going a full decade without commenting on anything online. Starting with no-risk things helped a lot, so just posting my daily game results in !dailygames@lemmy.zip was a nice way to get going without the possibility of things getting misconstrued. After that, it just gets easier with time. I probably spent half an hour redrafting my first proper comment on here that wasn't a games post and just a couple of weeks in now it feels natural enough to only take a couple of minutes!

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

it was daunting after probably going a full decade without commenting on anything online

Well done. That's a big step and more folks contributing / commenting really helps!