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?

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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

  • Golden Lox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    to any new user, or new lurker, welcome!! the begining is kinda shit, but it was as well when you started on instagram/reddit/tiktok, you just dont remember it. i dont remember my upstart into the fediverse because it has been such a short part of my independent-net journey.

    • I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I remember my start and immediate end on Bluesky. Got banned for saying the white ones were better. I was discussing Eneloop batteries!

        • I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          If you need ones that don’t have a high self discharge then yes. The black ones (pro) have a higher capacity but will self discharge in a few months.

      • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Lol for real?

        The main thing I heard about Bluesky is that it costs like $100 mill to run your own instance or something like that, so they only have one main instance for now. They technically have federation, but for all intents and purpose, it’s just another centralized corporate service waiting to be enshittified.

        But now I can add this to my list of reasons why Bluesky is a trap.

        • I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          As far as I can tell. It tells me my profile and anything I post is restricted, never see any replies. I guess an AI moderator got upset.

  • atomicpoet@kbin.earth
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    10 months ago

    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.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Whaaaaa??? Last I heard there was like 60k Lemmy accounts total. What the fuck happened since October???

        • Golden Lox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          these stats areee… not the best? fuck i hope we dont fizzle, this better just be the begininng

          • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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            10 months ago

            46K active users is nothing to sneeze at. Most old school forums were hella active with just 1K

            • Pornacount128@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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              10 months ago

              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.

              • 3dmvr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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                10 months ago

                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.

                • 3dmvr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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                  10 months ago

                  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.

          • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Posts and comments are on the rise!

            (although the posts are all coming from like 3 people)

          • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
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            10 months ago

            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.

            • 3dmvr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              10 months ago

              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.

        • Ace@feddit.ukEnglish
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          10 months ago

          What a terrible graph - see if you can spot the 4% daily drop…

    • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
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      10 months ago

      If you’ve got a question about any of the Lemmy culture don’t hesitate to ask. We will gladly answer (^_^)

      • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        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.

          • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            10 months ago

            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.

            • drthunder@midwest.socialEnglish
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              10 months ago

              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.

    • Rob Bos@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 months ago

      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.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        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.

      • CodexArcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I switched fully over and am in the process of degoogling and de-microsofting my life. No more easy defaults of VS Code, back to custom configuring my emacs. No more surveillance, self-hosting and encryption. No more shitty windows gaming, Linux and Proton for gaming bliss!

      • tankfox@midwest.socialEnglish
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        10 months ago

        With the advent of the steamOS console, you’re actually correct! If it’s anything like my deck it’s trivial to launch it in desktop mode and use it like a normal linux desktop. This is the gateway to putting linux in front of bored kids everywhere.

      • Novaling@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I’ve been dual-booting for about 2 weeks now, and I’ve been spending so much time in Fedora Silverblue because it’s just so nice. I mean, most of the shit I do is browser stuff, so I have no issues there. Most of the time I can get apps to work, but my only gripe is not being able to use NextDNS alongside Proton VPN like I did on my windows computer 😭. I just don’t know how to get it to work, and idk how to revert my DNS settings in terminal back to default instead of NextDNS.

        But like everything else is fine, and I can still do my schoolwork.

    • scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      10 months ago

      the year of the snake lemming

      On a more serious note: I wonder if the year of Lemmy will never come. Constant de-federation and churn might splinter it again, much like distros did kinda splintered the Linux desktop.

      • Die4Ever@programming.devEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I don’t think defed has been that bad, and I think over time we’ll get more features to avoid having to defed (aside from illegal content or spam).

        Like users being able to block users and/or communities by instance, or admins being able to set default block lists for new users, or users being able to easily share block lists.

        • scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Yeah conflicting ideologies may lead to a splinter-net… but this also can be just a matter of an instance users taste. This is part of the federated nature of lemmy that allows this to happen.

          • 3dmvr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            10 months ago

            thats how normal social media already is, the algorithim keeps you in a bubble at least here we decide the bubble conciously, algorithims favor controversy and rollercoasters of emotion too

      • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
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        10 months ago

        There will never be “a lemmy”. There’s no canonical “lemmy” out there. There is only 1000 independent websites, sharing select content with select neighbours.

        We either accept this, or we return to corporate social media.