• Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    3 年前

    It is very clear that new content per day has been steadily increasing the past 14 days.

    Lemmy is no longer just promising, it is already good. With signs of getting even better.

    With more active users, more niche communities should soon be able to do fine too.

    • Baggins [he/him]@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      3 年前

      I already didn’t read past the first few hundred comments on reddit- Lemmy already feels almost as good to use, way more than mastodon did coming from Twitter.

      • rezz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 年前

        Mastodon is simply not as good. Lemmy achieves its objectives very cleanly and seems to leverage ActivityPub the best in the fediverse by far.

        • Chreutz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 年前

          Twitter is also focused around individuals. Reddit around communities. I believe different dynamics of those two are why Lemmy works better.

    • like47ninjas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      3 年前

      Watching the last 3 weeks has been exciting. Dead subs springing to life & much more content. New subs every single day.

  • MathAndBall@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    3 年前

    I’ve been mostly a lurker on Reddit for the past 10 years but something about Lemmy just makes me want to engage in the community more than reddit ever has

    • iknowyouare@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 年前

      I agree. I lurked on Reddit for most of my time there. But here, it feels like I can get a fresh start and be a part of a new community. Kinda feels like I have a responsibility too. I want this place to succeed, so I have to contribute.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      3 年前

      I wasn’t a lurker on reddit. But damn, lemmy has somehow supercharged me into posting and commenting at ten times the rate I used to.

    • octopus5866@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      3 年前

      I was frequent poster/commenter on Reddit before having a mini burnout by so many of my comment chains just randomly escalating into pointless arguments by toxic people, so I turned into a long-term lurker after that.

      Conversations on Lemmy are definitely way, way more inviting to partial lurkers like me who want to join in conversations once in a while without having to think about some random toxic people basically hijacking the conversation I’m having to satisfy their need to vent their toxicity onto the internet.

    • LightProtector@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 年前

      I still think that Lemmy needs to be more user-friendly before it starts to gain a lot of traction. Right now, the decentralization is an aspect that makes it so great, but it also creates a lot of pain points.

  • Matharl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 年前

    I think it shows that the great migration from Reddit is actually happening. After the 1st of July, we can expect to see Lemmy growing even more since the changes on Reddit are gonna be in full effect.

    • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 年前

      Agreed. I imagine the devs and admins here are looking at it as a bit of a deadline of sorts. It’s going to be a big bump in traffic, best to have as much as you can in place.

      If you can have useable app out by then, you’ll get a big sudden surge in interest. It’s just a really nice opportunity for an aspiring dev.

    • theGimpboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 年前

      I’m really trying, the main thing I miss is the amount of content and the general navigability of reddit. Finding new subs was so easy and lemmy feels harder to just browse imo. I’ve moved to the lemmy RSS and deleted my reddit bookmarks to help keep me from going there out of weakness though.

      We’ll see to what degree the migration stays/works. I would be very happy to see some competition in this space.

      • easterner@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 年前

        I think it’s going to be rough for sometime but the numbers seem promising thus far.

        Particularly when compared to any other reddit alterative.

      • hydra@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 年前

        It is a bit harder due to fragmentation but it will get better, don’t worry. Also plenty of new upcoming apps.

        • Obi@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          3 年前

          Replying from connect for Lemmy, that just got approved on the play store. Not sure if it’ll be my endgame app but looks snazzy enough. I look forward to trying a few different ones, and to seeing the general functionality get better around here.

  • TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 年前

    There will probably be another bump on July 1st, and probably more to come as Reddit makes more horrible decisions going forward.

    100% honestly, I’m not married to the whole concept of the Fediverse - I think it’s interesting and solves some problems plaguing modern social media, but has other issues of its own - but Lemmy has, overall, put out a good showing in the various instances’ content so far. So here I am with an account and actively posting. Looking forward to continued growth!

  • SkyNTP@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    3 年前

    This seems like very important information worth sharing in general but also wherever these stats are posted including in the software itself (via (?) or tooltip).

    It also means that the real number of active users, which includes lurkers, is actually higher.

    I still think the majority of registered users are bots though. I don’t think we have actually have 2,000,000 people on here.

    What’s a good estimate of lurkers? 10% of actives? 200% of actives?

    • mstrk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      3 年前

      I’m a little bit of a lurker yes. I comment when I think I can add something to the discussion, but I usually like to read more than I contribute unfortunately.

      • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 年前

        Worth noting we probably have a much higher engagement percentage than the average atm. Young community, cool new idea, gets people excited. Since the service isn’t really ready for primetime yet, the only way to really pitch in and even just vent enthusiasm is to make content. For most of us that don’t have dev skills anyway.

  • davidzilla12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 年前

    To be honest, i am using reddit via Apollo and lemmy but as soon as that shuts down im transitioning to lemmy full time.

    • Atreju@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 年前

      I’m on some cracked official Reddit app that has the ads fully removed. I am not sure if it will still work afterwards but switching to Lemmy anyway.

  • realbaconator@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 年前

    So active users doesn’t include users who are only browsing/voting on posts? If so that’s even more impressive.

  • iaamp@programming.devEnglish
    5·
    3 年前

    This feels great. The posts right now seem a lot more genuine compared to reddit lately. Keep it up!

  • BrockSampson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 年前

    Just been lurking until now but I guess we can +1 that active user count. Just waiting for sync to add a lemmy app and then it’s full steam ahead.

  • Clipboards@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 年前

    The site has felt way more usable in the last week, too. Haven’t had much time to contribute myself, but I was browsing Active last night and thought to myself “hey, this feels just like the Reddit I know and love”

    Once the niche communities take the plunge, its endgame for Reddit

  • Nostromo Survivor @lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 年前

    Found my way here as part of the Grand Reddit Migration. Applying for refugee status please. (1st day on Lemmy, looks good gotta say)