As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!
I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.
Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?
Im new to Lemmy too. Happy to be here. :)
Welcome!
Happy to read you :)
I’m not a Lemmy admin, but from what I’m seeing, there’s been an uptick of 4,000 Lemmy registrations within the last 24 hours.
There’s now 477,048 Lemmy accounts.
Whaaaaa??? Last I heard there was like 60k Lemmy accounts total. What the fuck happened since October???
Monthly active accounts vs total accounts: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats
Aside, looks like pixelfed is growing too?
What a terrible graph - see if you can spot the 4% daily drop…
Feel free to share if you find a better one!
The data is good - it’s interesting to see the trends - but I just don’t love the layout of how a lot of it is presented
You’re not the first one commenting on it, but it seems like it’s the only graph we have about those stats at the moment.
these stats areee… not the best? fuck i hope we dont fizzle, this better just be the begininng
Discuit has less than 200 commenters : https://isto.pt/pages/transparency
Am I confused, or is that link not a forum?
One of the more commonly recommended reddit alternatives aside from Lemmy. Goes to show how far ahead we are of any other alternative, they all have virtually no activity.
Also note that we bottomed out around 37k in October 2024, so we have seen pretty significant growth since then, and it seems to be accelerating.
Is voat still a “reddit alternative”? When they launched like over 10 years ago that’s how they billed themselves. Then I think their user base was mostly conservative, which might have prevented some people from trying it.
Sorry, wrong link: https://discuit.net/DiscuitMeta/post/cauipqZt
Posts and comments are on the rise!
(although the posts are all coming from like 3 people)
@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world and @MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world, please accept your standing ovations!
:P
Makes me smile to see people recognizing me outside of my Screenshot posts. I didn’t realize that I was known outside of the gaming community I post in though lol
The typical ratio is 1:9:90, meaning only 10% are actively posting or commenting. The Lemmy numbers fit to that surprisingly well, although you would think a few more lurkers would at least vote sometimes (which Lemmy reports as active in the monthly stats). My guess is that the lurkers don’t even bother to sign in.
First time I made an account I fd up the verification question (didnt even look), took me months to make an account again because I was annoyed I couldnt have that username on that instance because I did It wrong.
46K active users is nothing to sneeze at. Most old school forums were hella active with just 1K
It has felt GREAT at lemmy. Lot of content and great discussions. We don’t NEED more people. Yes, more people bring more diversity and that will help a lot. The one downside for lemmy is that it doesn’t have all the niche groups that reddit does but that takea time. Lemmy is maturing amazingly imo.
its a solid size, on reddit there are so many rules and it feels like screaming into a void when no one comments or views your post lol, it was only good for niche stuff, but lemmys cool because niche stuff hits the front page and everyone commenting tends to be helpful or at least they are not actively trying to be negative/unhelpful.
What also bugged me was some subs would delete your post if it was about like a new game so their mods could post it, everyone was so extra about karma that theyd delete ppls posts to post them themselves lol.
leaving reddit led me to some forums that are still active for niche stuff like steakunderwater, lowendtalk, etc. I kind of got used to never leaving that app for anything, didn’t realise how bad the shills were and I just assumed the advice was good like it was a decade ago.
The advice these days is not great, I don’t think most people active there know what they’re talking about and just answer to answer.
But are they seeders of leechers?
Is this really just the “backup site”? Boo, I say. Boooooo.
Also, wasn’t Reddit banning links to Lemmy or something? Maybe that was only in the run-up to the IPO?
My advice to newbies is to just sign up for whatever, then change later if ya need to. I think I tried 2 other instances before i found the one that fit best for me
Big uptick for us at bhzon recently, but a degree of magnitude less than this
Sadly /c/piracy is blocked from .world I think.
Hi, glad I joined!
Welcome !
Welcome!
Hey, Welcome :-)
I tried to join dbzer0 and got rejected without any reason—did I pick the wrong pirate (I liked Rackham on Black Sails)
Excellent pirate choice!
I was accepted, and my pick was Jean Lafitte. High seas pirates are allowed but maybe because I picked a real one and you picked a character! Try again.
Rackham aka Calico Jack was a real pirate tho
The current Lemmy UI doesn’t display the reason. use https://t.lemmy.dbzer0.com/ to login and you should see the reason. In any case, please join our appeals channel (it’s in the sidebar) and we can sort you out.
Thanks, will do
Welcome!
*uparrs
Congrats to all lemming pirates !
One less finger, or one extra finger? 🤔
Good question. I don’t know how many fingers a lemming has neither do I know how many a mouse has. I use a mouse in the prompt as @aihorde@lemmy.dbzer0.com does not know what animal is a lemming.
…the fingers :o
Yeah… Lemmings are not perfect and ok with other people disabilities (^_-)
As one of those newbies?
Hi. It is the two millionth day of September, give or take a few thousand.
September beeth eternal
For the past thirty two years, and counting.
I was there at the beginning. Just a wee Luser. Such fun and wonderful times for eleven year old me to be punted into.
What the fuck did I just read?
Am I having a stroke?
Relevant history. If you were there, you remember the call of the wild AOL’er, “Me too,” ringing 'cross the network, usually as a top-posted comment.
I didn’t realize Weird Al’s line about “me too’ing like some brain-dead AOL’er” was referencing Eternal September, he would make that reference.
Kids these days not knowing the history they’re repeating… SMH.
Eternal September: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September September was traditionally the time of new admissions in US collages and universitie. As a result of these institutes often being the first time many would gain access to Usenet September had areputation of clueless newbies flailing around until they either self selected out or adapted. In 1993 AOL gave their userbase Usenet access. Thus the term ‘Eternal September’ or ‘The September that never Ends.’
Luser: Portmantu of Loser and User. Used Derisively in some online communities in the 90’s to refer to new, and often clueless, users.
If you’ve got a question about any of the Lemmy culture don’t hesitate to ask. We will gladly answer (^_^)
I’ve noticed that every different social media medium/site has its own Eternal September moment. I think, optimistically, that we’re still before that point. If we get popular and the general population arrives, it’ll also attract the predatory ecosystem of state actors and corporate bullshit.
I think Lemmy and the Fediverse in general is resistant to that, but not immune. I expect an effort to create One Big Instance that most people use, or an oligarchy of large instances working together, like Microsoft and Gmail and co do with email.
Lemmy has a long way to go before eternal September to be sure. It’s once people don’t know individual commenters across the entire platform we might get there, but as is the regular users are unlikely to get drowned out anytime soon.
And I recognize all you motherfuckers!I mean, welcome new folks.
to the new users:
Ahoy, mateys
The best instance on lemmy grows ever stronger ✊️
