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?

  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
    345·
    6 days ago

    Everyone remember to be kind to the newbies, not assume that they immediately understand how the fediverse works, and not to talk about your favourite Linux distro until the second date

  • commander@lemmings.worldEnglish
    12·
    4 days ago

    Couldn’t imagine a piracy community on reddit feeling good about its future.

    Reddit will literally change its rules to get rid of communities it doesn’t like. They did it with DarkNetMarkets.

    • wit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      66·
      6 days ago

      Guess I am one of the 536 newbies hahahaha!

      Welcome my friend! Spread the word around. Be part of the resistance!

      • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
        9·
        6 days ago

        We’d use Branston beans, but not gonna lie that looks shit hot. Would scran with a bottle of 8% cider.

        • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          5 days ago

          I thought Heinz was the gold standard in the UK. I must try the Branston ones. Flippin’ love that pickle.

          Don’t think I’ve ever seen them in the supermarket in Ireland but my sister’s visiting from the UK on Sunday so I think I’ll place an order.

          • Gort@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            5 days ago

            I find Heinz beans a bit watery. I prefer the supermarket own brands to Heinz… Branston’s are much better and tastier, with a thicker sauce. Still, YMMV and all that jazz.

            Oh, I forgot an annoying trivial issue: the Heinz cans don’t stack up well (lock into place with one can on top of another).

            • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              5 days ago

              That non stacking thing annoys the piss out of me haha. It’s such a small thing and it’s deliberate to make the tin look bigger but it just means they’re taking up more space in the cupboard for lack of stacking or falling over if you do.

              Also not a huge Heinz fan. Like they’re not bad don’t get me wrong but definitely agree on the watery-ness.

              The most popular one here is probably Bachelor’s which has a thicker, richer sauce though I’m fond enough of the Lidl own brand one. That is definitely partly down to price. They’re ridiculously cheap and very decent with a fry especially if you warm them slowly to soften them.

              • Gort@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                4 days ago

                I’ll have to try Bachelor’s beans the next time I see them, as well as Lidl’s own when I’m near their store.

                Now, what’s this thread about? Oh, yeah, pirating beans. That’s it. ;)

                • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  4 days ago

                  There are two Lidl beans. The extra 10p for the ring pull one gets you more than just the convenience. :) Worth trying both though.

                  Yaaarrrrns.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      383·
      6 days ago

      So, what’s your take on all the Lemmy.ml drama? What do you MEAN you don’t know what I’m talking about??? Is this your first day on Lemmy or something? Oh, it is? Oh.

      Ignore me. I’m making bad jokes.

    • cevn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      6 days ago

      Welcome to Lemmy!! We are called Lemmings over here! Or whatever you want really. I may have drank too much beer.

    • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Welcome! If you have any questions about the fediverse or piracy in general, feel free to post or shoot the community some questions in this thread. We’re glad you made the switch!!!

  • Insecurity_man@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    6 days ago

    I migrated from reddit today. Thanks to r/piracy post. So far it’s amazing. I am using the Eternity app for Android which is the same as the Infinity app for reddit so UI is similar

    • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      56·
      6 days ago

      Just a heads up, I see you joined lemmy.world , the dbzer0 piracy community that I think you may have come for is blocked there, so may not be able to access it from where you are.

      I know it’s kinda confusing.

      • gccalvin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        6 days ago

        This is because lemmy.world defederated, right? So at this point would we recommend people to make a different account on an alternative server? Not a problem for those that have just joined, just delete and make a new account. But have there been any recent developments on migration tools for moving accounts to a new server while preserving account data?

        • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          5 days ago

          No, we’re all on lemmy.world and we’re here, not fully defederated. You can get to most communities on dbzer0, it’s just that specific /c/piracy community that is blocked on world.

        • 3dmvr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          no only those communities, you can still interact with dbzer0 users, just not the piracy communities

        • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
          9·
          5 days ago

          Account Settings (not Profile), Import/Export Settings, Export to file then repeat with Import on new instance. It transfers subscribed communities and block lists, so if none yet then no need to bother. Edit: there is currently no way to transfer over your actual content (posts, comments, likes & dislikes) and DMs sent to your old account will not follow you over to the new. The only thing you can really do then is transfer your settings to help you start over more quickly in the new place.

          For piracy, lemmy.dbzer0.com might be the best, for leftist politics definitely slrpnk.net, for science mander.xyz, and so many other themes but there’s a ton of hidden factors there like uptime stats, stability via number of admins, etc.

          For simplicity’s sake: a USA general instance I highly recommend is Discuss.Online, or for European sopuli.xyz.

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago

          I mean, it’s good opsec to have a separate account to talk about dicey subjects anyway. You’re leaving less breadcrumbs in the same place.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    431·
    5 days 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

    • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      5 days ago

      But not .world or .ml? I got an account in both and I didn’t know those places were disliked until I started getting automatic bans only for being in those instances.

      Anyway, that’s why Lemmy is so good, just figure out later where you wanna go. The first thing to really understand is that one Lemmy instance is similar to Reddit while another instance is also similar to reddit but all instances are independent of each other and Lemmy is not reddit at all.

      You can have a Lemmy purely focused on sex stuff while another might be about painting or maybe another is owned by a church or a bakery. The Bakery might like the church and the sex stuff. The church one might only be federated to the bakery and painting one. Its not just that an instances can have many different channels, but each instance can have channels with specific focus. Or even an instances for your local diy business or a 18 year old who rally wants us to see what’s in between his legs. Lemmy is definitely far from what reddit is.

      • LinuxEnjoyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        5 days ago

        But not .world or .ml? I got an account in both and I didn’t know those places were disliked until I started getting automatic bans only for being in those instances.

        Having to read through the entire lore of lemmy and get informed on all the instances and relationships between them seems like a nightmare. You make an account on one instances then after few days you get told that your instance is literally satan and you should switch to a different one. It’s like with Linux distros. No mater which one you pick, you chose wrong.

        • trashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          5 days ago

          I am on .world and honestly I don’t care that much.

          It’s defederated from the places I don’t wanna see, and I mostly look through the All feed, not the local one.

        • knexcar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          And like switching Linux distros, switching Lemmy instances means losing everything unless you have an external backup.

    • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
      9·
      5 days ago

      Yep! Took two tries as well. I got banned from one because literally my second comment pissed off the mod! Im already loving Lemmy.

    • Master@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      5 days ago

      I make like 10 accounts before i found one that worked for me. Luckily i can log them all into sync for lemmy and switch between them when im doom scrolling so i can doom scroll the same content 10 times before bed!

  • atomicpoet@kbin.earth
    85·
    6 days 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.

  • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    4 days ago

    Oh man, I am both happy for the instance, and sorry for you lol. I hope you find somebody soon to help with going over all those applications. I don’t envy you, to be honest.

    • Rob Bos@lemmy.caEnglish
      13·
      6 days 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
        9·
        5 days 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.

      • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        6 days 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
            12·
            6 days 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.

      • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        71·
        5 days ago

        Nobody is forcing you but you should really consider investing 20 minutes in learning how lemmy is different. You may think it’s not that serious but look at where popular centralized platforms are heading to, now that bad actors are taking full control the problem cannot be ignored

          • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            I’m simply suggesting new comers to learn how this place works. If people get scared over how a software works it’s even more evidence that we need to help them understand.

        • knexcar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          5 days ago

          If I had to read a 20 minute post just to doomscroll Elon and Linux, I’d just stick to Reddit. Whatever nefarious stuff they’re doing isn’t more valuable than 20 minutes of my real world time.

          • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            5 days ago

            Whatever nefarious stuff they’re doing isn’t more valuable than 20 minutes of my real world time.

            I’m not sure if you are trolling. 20 minutes is a random number we pick up it probably take even less and 20 minutes is not really much time, we waste more time doing more useless things

    • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      5 days ago

      Especially important to understand decentralization when it comes to topics like piracy. Unlike Reddit, a non-commercial Lemmy instance isn’t going to be shut down by a CEO who is worried about how it might affect their ability to sell ads. But, admins can get threatened, they can get overwhelmed, they can get hit by a bus. It’s good to know how how to find other communities on other servers, etc.

    • EchoSpire@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      It’s a bit of a mixed experience. Overall, federation has its benefits, but it also tends to encourage cliquish behavior among groups. Sometimes, entire servers get blacklisted for various reasons. Reddit has a lot of corners that don’t violate its current ToS but are generally ignored by the community at large. These are NSFW spaces usually. In federation the ToS isn’t usually about pleasing the most people and pulling them into your platform, it’s more about the ideals of your server admin team. That’s a good thing, I suppose. It’ll be interesting to see how things play out with Lemmy instances when Reddit bans porn.

      • IronKrill@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        It’ll be interesting to see how things play out with Lemmy instances when Reddit bans porn.

        Especially as many Lemmy instances don’t want to host or moderate NSFW content. I don’t blame them, but I’m also doubtful pornlemmy alone could handle the load (pun intended).

        • EchoSpire@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          Having looked at the NSFW Lemmy instance, I 100% expect the Reddit refugees will try to host their own instances. Some of them. I also expect them to be defederated pretty quickly.

  • Lazycog@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    55·
    6 days ago

    Holy shit! Nice!

    And haven’t noticed instance specific influx but recently there are a lot of users posting/commenting that have the “baby badge” on Voyager app, meaning the account is new. Feel like this influx of new users already started last week.

    Haven’t been on reddit since I deleted my account during the blackouts / API fiasco and man, Lemmy/Fediverse has been fun.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      152·
      6 days ago

      It’s weird how people smell babies, and are like “smell that baby! It has baby smell!”

      But at some point they stop. I’m 41, and nobody ever lifts my shirt and smells me.

      • A_A@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecanal

        (…) In 2021, inhalation of hexadecanal was found to reduce aggression in men but to trigger aggression in women. Hexadecanal is one of the most abundant substances emitted by human babies from their heads, which may be an evolutionary survival mechanism to induce mothers to defend the baby and fathers to not attack it. (…)

    • MelonYellow@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      YES I fuckin love the 👶 emoji on Voyager! There’s been a lot more and they make me smile inside like little 🌱s on FFXIV. Do other apps have them to indicate new users?

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        This makes me want to switch but I’m ride or die Sync. I just manually look up the account age when I see someone spewing absolute bullshit. That icon would be helpful! How long does it last?

    • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      On PieFed it looks like a still loading icon. At first I thought my account wasn’t “finished” or something!:-P