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The Lemmy user base passed 150,000 in total users.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I would like it if lemmy had near the numbers of reddit (although i dont think that will happen), but the userbase is already big and diverse enough to sustain some good communities that have an (imo) better feeling to them than reddit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would like it if lemmy had near the numbers of reddit

I wouldn't. People need to get away from the notion that more users = better. With more users comes trolls, bad faith actors, etc. Quality over quantity.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It depends on the goal of the platform. For spending your free time on and socializing i fully agree that smaller communities are the best. However as a forum for getting information (especially on niche subjects) more users = better more or less.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Which is a good point to remember I think. Having the community grow is good for people using lemmy as it allows smaller, more niche communities to have enough people interested in that thing to actually functionally exist, but at the end of the day it doesn't have to have the same number of users as reddit to be usable for you. Once enough people are here to be usable (which depending on what kind of communities you use, it may already be), it doesn't really much matter how much bigger lemmy gets. After all, it isn't some company where the point is growth at all costs.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm definitely sticking around. I agree.