• BlueDepth9279@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4622·
    2 years ago

    The jump in posts over the last month is incredible. I find Lemmy quickly replacing Reddit which is great.

    • Saneless@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      2 years ago

      It just definitely needed to hit a critical mass. Enough that people had enough to read, stick around, and post themselves. Which in turn created a place that new people felt had enough content.

      • TheSaneWriter@vlemmy.netEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        It’s also about search engine indexing. It’s happening slowly, but I’ve noticed Lemmy posts are finally beginning to show up in Google/Bing search results. As this trend improves, more people will stumble here by accident and then join out of curiosity.

    • Bushwhack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      201·
      2 years ago

      I thought I was gonna be able to quit Reddit full time. Didn’t look for a few days, then did. Still check since some niche communities aren’t over here (or active) yet so I have to go there. But I only still check every few days (I was a several time a day redditor so usage is down) and I’ll check Lemmy at least once or twice a day now.

      • trambe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        Yeah same, most communities i frequent on Reddit haven’t transitioned yet or is still tiny so I kinda juggle between the two apps.

        Lemmy is nice for tech and nerdy subreddits but that’s pretty much it rnow

      • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        Same. Last night i went in and deleted all of my subscriptions except for the 3 i really want to keep checking in on.

  • SharkyPants@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1202·
    2 years ago

    We all need to post this on reddit. Spread the word that this platform is booming and more people will come over!

  • Wrench Wizard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    2 years ago

    It’s insane how well this timeline syncs with reddit’s API bs!

    From the very first day spez announced the API changes and steadily increasing until most of the 3pa shut down then BAM. Good for Lemmy and hopefully bad for reddit!

  • Djangofett@lemmy.caEnglish
    91·
    2 years ago

    Hype is real. Feels like this is the place to be. Reddit 2011 vibes with the high quality discussions. It’ll only get better. To the fediverse and beyond!

    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
      231·
      2 years ago

      Reddit user of 12 years here. God I hope this place takes off like Voat was supposed to. Reddit has just changed so damn much. I was honestly sick of the place since before the crazy app meltdown.

      • charles@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        I think there’s a decent chance it will. At the bare minimum, it already feels much better to me than voat ever did.

      • criscodisco@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        The only issue I have right now is that reddit is a good source of technical answers. Kind of like SE without the dismissive, condescending douchebag attitude that seems to be automatic there. Every single time it sounds like they are replying to someone that is actively bothering them. Like dude, you came on the website, checked the forums, and decided to answer. I didn’t send you a text or some shit.

        • EdibleFriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          As one of those long time users… yeah. That’s going to be an issue. So much of my Googling is blah blah blah Reddit

    • Frog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 years ago

      I wonder what the first topic of Mondays meeting at Reddit HQ will be? And if the overall feeling is gonna be positive or negative? Oh I wonder.

    • bobalot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      Let’s not look back on reddit with rose tinted glasses.

      Much of it was always a dumpster fire.

  • revs@feddit.ukEnglish
    69·
    2 years ago

    I feel like when I browse All I still just see the same 20 posts

  • dub@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    2 years ago

    I definitely held out thinking they would change their mind about the API but day finally came and I made a Lemmy account and didn’t look back

    • cptgonzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 years ago

      I just switched over for good the other day when Boost stopped working and I honestly can’t say I miss it too much. Still working on getting my feed how I’d like it but the more people join the easier it’ll be.

      • Frog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Yeah some topics are a bit tough with loads of communities spread across different instances/servers. But overall it’s alright.

    • Joe B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      I closed my subs on the 12th - Re-opened on the 14th. polled redditors if i should stay shut or open, They said close until reddit backs off. shut it down again. then deleted my account after the first verge article came out about u/spez saying this blackout will pass and everything will be back to normal and some other stuff. i knew then he wouldn’t change!

    • alien@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      2 years ago

      Sameee… I pre-registered to download it soon as it comes out. Once its here it’ll really feel like I never left reddit 😅

  • blueskiesoc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    2 years ago

    I’m doing my part. I had two posts on Reddit. One was superniche and got 30ish points. Whatever, I was happy. It had useful info for the other people on the sub. Then I posted something to the broader community and got two downvotes in like 1 second, killing it. How did they even look at it? I think someone was sitting there gleefully downvoting every fucking thing. I never posted again.

    I’ve been here since mid June and have made 264 posts, like WTF. I’m having more fun here than I ever did on Reddit and I don’t get that sick feeling I used to get from seeing all the outrage posts and mean comments (to everyone, not just me).

    Loving Lemmy.

    • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been here since mid June and have made 264 posts,

      I have almost 300 comments over three weeks now. I actually had Lemmy bookmarked for some time, but started participating after giving Reddit the punt. That’s way higher post frequency than before. Yeah it’s great feeling like you can say reasonable stuff without coming under attack.

    • acrobaticpenguin23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      2 years ago

      I know what you mean within seconds my post would be downvoted. Its either a downvote bot or a rude moderator. Lemmy is a breath of fresh air.

  • Drahcir_Rekattih@lemmy.caEnglish
    42·
    2 years ago

    This is reminiscent of when I was first on Hotmail back in the 90’s. I remember getting an email from the Hotmail team when they first hit a million subscribers… They were bought out by Microsoft within the year… My username is my original Hotmail address.

  • baldissara@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    2 years ago

    Great! I was a bit sceptical about the new users grow in the past weeks, but I think this information is more reliable

    • Cryst@lemmy.caEnglish
      37·
      2 years ago

      You can tell there are more users by the number of the top up voted threads. Some are in the 1000s votes and a lot in the 100s. Wasn’t that high before.

      • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        2 years ago

        And the comment threads! You can find posts with multiple comment threads usually several comments deep!

        • Dark Arc@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          2 years ago

          It’s really starting to feel like a legitimately good Reddit alternative around here, not just “Reddit like” or “Reddit light” and that’s really awesome 😊

          • ButtermilkBiscuit@lemmy.worldEnglish
            9·
            2 years ago

            The change has been super pronounced in the last week or so. The meme quality has almost gone too damn high. All the news subs / pol subs / game subs I subscribed to on reddit are showing up here which makes the switch easy.

      • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        Also, check out the communities page on lemmy.world. A couple of weeks ago, the biggest communities had 1-2k subscribers and now many are over 10k 20k.

  • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    2 years ago

    This is posts per day? The image makes it seem like so, the title not so much. 1 million posts per day and growing is a huge thing if so

    • Futurama@lemmy.worldEnglish
      271·
      2 years ago

      Looks like the title is incorrect, and it’s actually posts per day. At least, the graph shows a few days where the number goes down, so it can’t be just the total number of posts (unless there was a wave of deletions outpacing the posts).

      Edit: according to other people’s comments, it is actually total posts, not posts per day. So my above comment seems to be incorrect.

      • Paulius@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        The dips in the graph could be caused by some of the servers/instances going offline, post deletions, or a combination of both.