A timeline I created of the total users at the top 10 Lemmy instances as a bar chart race: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/14058992/ and as a line chart: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/14080522/.
A timeline I created of the total users at the top 10 Lemmy instances as a bar chart race: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/14058992/ and as a line chart: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/14080522/.
The numbers are still quite low compared to what the activity now feels like. Two weeks ago I could easily read all posts and comments and now I can’t follow the many new posts ^^
I’m being a lot more active here than I was on Reddit. Trying to make sure it feels like a dynamic space for new redfugees :)
For some reason, same. I’m just, like, feel enthusiastic about Fediverse as a whole and Lemmy in particular.
I’ve got a ton of things to post that are either from my pulled down Reddit posts or stuff I had but never posted. Here, if anything I’m trying to pace my posts so that I don’t drown a community in just my threads.
Yes, I don’t want to look like a spammer.
Same here, I am just afraid this will stop after the first wave of enthusiasm.
I’m feeling the same way, but I suppose we’ll soon see.
Even if the reddit exodus doesn’t turn into another internet legend, I am enjoying having fun participating in a forum for the first time in a long time. Probably since reddit stopped feeling like one in the early 2010s.
Agreed, Lemmy needs to hit a critical mass to keep things going.
Same here as well, really enjoying it so far.
Well… dare I see me also! I told my wife “I’m pretty sure this is the push to Web 3.0.
You just got used to have millions of users on sub, and forgot that tens of thousands of users is a lot. Especially New users, who is going to read and comment a lot, compared to reddit with half of users being, like, not active at all.
Makes sense. A friend of me unfortunately turns Lemmy down because the largest instance has “only” 1.6k users
I’m going to bee honest, the mascot was a big factor in picking this instance for me.
So far it’s not over run by assholes and brigades so I’m diggin it, even if content is sparse for now!
Yup. That played a big role for me, too. The other factor was lemmy.ml was the first to approve my signup, finally giving me the ability to post. I’m still looking around to get a feel for other instances, and might even set up my own.
Only reason I didn’t go to lemmy.ml is because their top post was “please go somewhere else.” Lol
Yeah, I saw that too, but other places I signed up still haven’t approved me, so I signed up here.
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I’m in the process of setting up my own instance for fun, as today was a slow work day.
Wait, you guys need approvals? #wereTheMillersMeme
Don’t bee absurd. That’s no way to bumble your way through life!
50,000 people is a LOT of people. Keep in mind that a good chunk of the millions of users on reddit and other social media sites are either separated and isolated into smaller segments, or even then most people just lurk.
I looked at the participation (active user) rate, it shows above 20% in Beehaw and 7% overall in Lemmy. Normally subreddits of 3,000-6,000 are kind of slow and people post once in a while, most probably lurk.
Here, at least for now it’s really buzzing, people get a sense that they can be heard and real conversations are happening.
Yeah, I’m usually just a lurker but Lemmy makes me want to take part of the experience. I really hope that it will take off in the long run.
I’d wager a large percentage are bots, too!