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Active users as of June 25, 2023:

  • lemmy.world (48k users): 13554 active users
  • lemmy.ml (38k users): 4582 active users
  • beehaw.org (11k users): 3743 active users
  • feddit.de (6.7k users): 2320 active users
  • sh.itjust.works (6.5k users): 2167 active users
  • lemmy.ca (3.5k users): 1082 active users

Great to see all this growth and activity in different lemmy instances!

Source: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

More users does not ALWAYS mean a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You are correct and Lemmy.World and others will experience growing pains and will have their own share of issues but the positive of this is that more users means more content.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You are correct, but it at least shows that we are attracting more users (albeit, that doesn't mean quality).

I believe its a positive thing though, as it shows that the "normies" are seriously considering alternatives; outside of us niche, nerds here for the tech and the anti-corpo mindset.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well said. A month ago, I couldn't even imagine leaving reddit because there was hardly a viable alternative.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just showed up here. We'll see how long I stay, but hoping this will be my social media fix each morning. If there are enough folks who feel the same, it will be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using it for about a week now, and it already is.

Of course, there's a handful of subreddits that I miss and feel the urge to go back to every now and then, but I realize that there is enough content on Lemmy to satisfy me during my coffee breaks. And it's enough to keep me from going back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same here. I go to Reddit for a specific thing and forget I’m not on lemmy, see some promoted post or whatever, and wonder who would even dare post that shit here, then remember and switch back.

It’s been nice to be able to reclaim yet another part of my life from advertisements and incessant tracking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am decidedly not a niche nerd here for tech reasons. I just got pretty fed up with Reddit and it’s ridiculousness. I’m a 40 year old mom just here to cruise around the internet and find interesting things. So you are correct - the “normies” are starting to look for alternatives!