Fediverse seems like its stabilizing: https://fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=1000

(and these are the servers that allow the crawler from the observer, so its highly likely the numbers are much larger).

We are seeing:

Overall pretty good! Keeping the momentum going. Thanks everyone, whichever platform/instance you hail from!

  • LoafedBurrito@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    2 days ago

    I’ve only been on Lemmy a few days and i can already tell i like it, but can understand the frustration in figuring out what an instance is, or what a federation is. But i personally have used linux for years, i’m a huge nerd, and i hate the way places like Reddit and facebook are owned by republican idiots who refuse to let people talk poorly about the orange cult leader.

    • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      141·
      2 days ago

      Reddits transformation into a Nazi sympathizing shithole was remarklably swift. Don’t get me wrong, that place was going downhill the second they decided their user base was a product, but it pivoted from generic corporate advertising shithole to fascist friendly nuclear waste pit with remarkable speed. So many micro pud incels willying to volunteer for the brown coats, it’s disgusting.

      • sarmale@lemmy.zipEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Damn, reddit turned nazi now? I haven’t really paid attention to it for some time, what happened?

        • notgivingmynametoamachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          2 days ago

          Their heavy “anti violence” push is directed at shutting down dissenters of the current American regime. You can post all the horrific violent things iCE and the admin are doing to your hearts content but if you so much as “hope” an ice agent or Temu Hitler dies, some jackboot licking Nazi sympathizing mod comes to remove your post, because hoping that an evil person dies is apparently the same as violence. I’ve been personally told by one of the admins that hoping someone dies of natural causes is treated as a call to violence, because they’re Nazi sympathizing troglodytes.

          They’re eagerly chugging Goebbels cock at the mere thought of an extra dollar, because they’re Nazi sympathizing capitalist scum. The only thing they deserve is a bullet in the Brain and an unmarked grave in a corn field so they can be useful for once in their miserable existence.

          Also, they continue to allow /r/conservative despite the fact that it might as well be called /r/fascismrecruitmentanddiscussion. If you make 0 effort from keeping fascists from congregating at your site, congrats you’re a fascist site. Get fucked, I hope Reddit burns to the ground in a fantastic flameout as a lesson to all these scumbags.

          Edit: ooh, I just figured out what post actually got my account banned just recently. In response to some Temu Hitler Epstein files distraction theater bullshit I posted the phrase “will someone rid me of this turbulent child rapist?”

          Bam, 3 day ban, upheld by Reddit Nazi admins.

    • sunflowercowboy@feddit.orgEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      Nah thats not a frustration, just your ego settling down. Real frustration is realizing most instances die or have shit registration functions, along with most having unfamiliar names that you’ll also have to remember. Most apps have been a nightmare with this, genuinely just say fuck it and dont even care about this account.

      The federation system is cool but not unique, its just what all servers have been doing and now theres a choice being handed to the user as well. It doesn’t really defeat a centralized system.

      I always though about something like folding at home but for a social media. Essentially the same thing as a centralized network, but with a scheduled ‘decay’ as main issue for large sites is the actual horde of content. Text based instances could have longer decay time with a refresh basis for visits. With an archival option for regular post, and a trend option for porn-centric instances.

      Porn often exploit and subverts most services like this however I think it is a very influential thing that cannot be banned nor freely allowed. However, one can only really generalize so much about porn - but it is a strong way for those in power to subscribe others to their ideals. So noticing trends like the porn hub chart is important. Someone should study 4chan porn trends since 2012 to now. Huge dynamic shift in thread titles alone. All that free fox marketing of the fappening really got their target demographic hooked and the later pepe dogwhistle. Hooboy.

      • nymnympseudonym@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        shit registration functions

        … and there are some shit moderators here, just like on Reddit

        … and there are some really high-value communities here, because of really good moderation – just like on Reddit

        EDIT: But it’s Federated, and therefore much more self-healing in that decentralized Internet way

  • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    Here from Reddit, have high hopes. This is a marketing problem though, I doubt even 1% of Reddit users know of something like lemmy at all

  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Graphs don’t show the people who moved from “Reddit” to “Outside”.

    Also, any decline in the fediverse could also be being fed up with all the overwhelming political doomer posts and also decide to change their platform to “Going Outside”.

    So a decline can still be overall positive for human socialization, even if it might not be the best for the fediverse.

    Edit: typo

  • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
    47·
    3 days ago

    Having spent about 2 years on Lemmy, I made the commitment to ditch YouTube in favor of PeerTube.

    At first, it may look like there’s mostly garbage and then some privacy enthusiasts, but that’s only because recommendations and search are not very powerful compared to other platforms.

    PeerTube is home to troves upon troves of high-quality original content on various topics, you just have to look for it. And for your YouTube-exclusive needs, there are instances that mirror popular channels.

    Give it a spin!

    • olenko@feddit.nlEnglish
      23·
      3 days ago

      Can you give me a small list of channels producing such high quality content on Peertube?

    • rozodru@piefed.socialEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      Peertube takes awhile to figure out/get going. Other stuff like Mastodon/Akkoma, Lemmy/Piefeed, were easy to figure out to the point where I just set up my own Akkoma instance on my server.

      Peertube…oof that took awhile. Yeah the problem is the recommendations and search. you really have to get in there and dig through the top layer of shit before you find the diamonds underneath. There are some FANTASTIC tutorial channels on PeerTube for dev stuff, linux, game dev, etc.

      Also the other problem is finding a good Peertube instance. Don’t go by whatever lists are out there, it’s honestly via word of mouth that you’ll find the good ones which is sort of a shame. I think that’s the main thing that’s holding it back. for stuff like Mastodon or even Piefeed/Lemmy what instance you’re on doesn’t matter all that much as their all incredibly connected and pretty much provide you with the same “front end” so to speak.

      Peertube? it’s a mess in most cases. Some instances are super duper customized to the instance owners preferences, others are barely searchable, etc so in a way unlike other fediverse stuff Peertube feels a bit disconnected from itself

      • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I love text blogs, but sometimes videos do a better job to entertain/get the point across for me :)

        Hope you’ll find some treasures of your own!

        • Int32@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          I used to do that for music, but I got a token for a music platform that has all the music I need but in flac :)

  • brem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    So you’re saying there’s a slim chance the underdog can stick around & possibly become what Reddit was meant to be?

    & The handful of those of us that make memes for this lost creature should continue to do so?

    I always prefer the underdog. Reddit even unbanned me & I’m like “nope, you don’t get to do that. I found a better friend that appreciates me in a more healthy way”

  • turdburglar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    35·
    3 days ago

    ok. so i’ve got around 30tb (and counting) of live music recordings from a small club that hosts national touring folk and americana acts. i would LOVE to have it accessible somewhere other than youtube with all the fukin ads, but i am not sure how to go about making them peer tube accessible.

    the instances that i’ve looked into have pretty low caps on storage and for clear and understandable reasons. but that leaves me in the lurch. i’m not able to set up my own instance as the recordings are ongoing and that takes all my available time and resources.

    anyone have some knowledge that it don’t?

    long live the fediverse.

    • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
      16·
      3 days ago

      You could upload the files to a S3 bucket, which would give them a url on the web. Then just make a PieFed post which links to each MP4 file.

      Piefed will detect that it’s a video post and embed it in the page with player controls. If you use a community just for your videos then the RSS feed of that community will effectively be a podcast.

      S3 buckets are pretty cheap but 30 tb is still going to cost you. Transcode to a smaller file before upload, ideally.

      • turdburglar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        3 days ago

        thanks for that. i’m currently saving up for more drives to create the second copy of the 1-2-3 backup scheme. the gang of 2tb ssd’s are all i’ve got aside from the compressed-to-fuck youtube copies. that’s been creating quite a bit of anxiety for me being in charge of so many other peoples artworks.

        we started in 2020 and do 6-10 90 minute shows a week, so it’s a lot to be responsible for. of course they aren’t all gems, but imo they all do deserve to be part of the larger document of this time and place.

        if anyone is interested the youtube videos are made searchable on https://www.livefromnorfolkstreet.com/

        click on the ARCHIVE link in the nav bar. no paywall.

        i’d recommend the alejandro escovedo shows. he’s always great and i did the live lights for a few of his shows.

  • fujiwood@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    3 days ago

    Lemmy could use more OC in niche communities.

    Most posts are links to other websites.

    It might be good to try and post OC from Lemmy or the rest of the Fediverse to mainstream social media sites as a form of exposure.

    Maybe we can get this type of idea to become more common here.

    • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      181·
      3 days ago

      Lemmy is a link aggregator. Reddit is as well. Sure, Reddit has started to generate a lot more OC over the last decade, but it took over a decade for that to pick up momentum and gain millions of active users. I don’t want a mindless cesspool of half-assed OC. I mostly just want an easy one-stop-shop for news, memes, and discussions.

      • fujiwood@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 days ago

        It didn’t take a decade for OC on smaller communities. I’ve been using Reddit since 2009. There was plenty of OC since ~2012.

        • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
          61·
          3 days ago

          And I used it since ~2007. Sure, I’ll concede that OC existed back then, but expectations/standards were far lower. Simply starting topics or a meme template that hadn’t been done before were fine, often times even hailed. Two broken arms, jollyrancher, coconut, whatever other gross ass viral thing weren’t even pictures/videos, they were comments and/or text posts. They became Reddit legends/mythos/lore, regardless.

          Anyway, that type of OC isn’t going to invigorate the masses like it used to. Any of those stories nowadays would be met with heavy cynicism/skepticism (rightfully so, I might add). I guess my point is, Lemmy has only been somewhat known for a couple of years. It takes a lot of time to build momentum. Reddit continues to enshittify ever further, just like Digg did. Times are different now, there’s a fuckton of competition in this type of social media format. What will make it successful is hard to say for certainty. I think sticking to link aggregation and topical discussions is a good start.

          • fujiwood@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            3 days ago

            I agree that the standards were lower. That resulted in a lot of fun because things were easier. It would be harder to gain momentum that way now.

            The thing about link aggregation is that it can be done on any platform. You can post links to Piefed, Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr along with all mainstream sites. So why choose Lemmy over them?

            The difference will be the OC. If users don’t want to put in the work for it then people who join will get bored and move on.

            I’ll read comments on Reddit talking about Lemmy. Users will say they tried Lemmy but there was no interest/posts/discussion in their niche communities so they ended up back on Reddit.

            We’ll see what happens I guess.

        • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
          21·
          3 days ago

          i think OC started to increase after 45 1st term, thats when people really jumped into social media for all the drama and content, and then found more drama(like livestream, and youtube,etc). i unkowingly used reddit(dint know it existed) around '13-14 ish for a console game. only til drumpf was elected then i moved over, before that i was still on Y’a answers enough.

          • fujiwood@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            I would say Reddit became mainstream in 2015 with over approximately 100 million users. That’s when I started noticing the quality of comments start going down. That’s when people stopped having discussions and started bickering more. Before that it was a lot less hostile and the topic of discussions were more fun and informative.

            There was also a lot of OC at the time. You just needed to join subs in order to see it. But it was there.

            • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
              2·
              2 days ago

              thats when all the bots started, plus they were banning “QUESTIONABLE” subreddits they dint have a problem before, until the republicans started targeting social media.

              the bannability also became pretty harsh around that time.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      too bad alot of them are still significant on reddit, and are unlikely to move here, unless they all get banned somehow. we might see more users here if reddit does another ban wave, although i think reddit mightve figured shadowbanning is much more useful.

      • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        most of the banning comes from the bigger subs, not the small niche ones.

        every time i have been banned it’s from political comments in a larger sub. never a niche one. my last ban was for supporting the mayor in a city subreddit. apparently it’s ‘enabling racism’ to mention the race of your mayor in a positive light.