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There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) (lemmy.fediverse.observer)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping.

Also a few people who came to see how it was, and weren't attracted enough to become regular visitors.

Curious to see at which number we'll stabilize.

Next peak will probably happen after either major features release (e.g. exhaustive mod tools allowing reluctant communities to move from Reddit) or the next Reddit fuck up (e.g. removing old.reddit)

Stats on each server: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

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[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Memes may be thriving but niche interest communities can't even get off the ground.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So just like reddit 14 years ago when I first left Digg for greener pastures. When I joined, it was years before my local city subreddit sprang to life, and for years, it had around 1000 active accounts and only now has over 10k accounts.

Man, if the people on reddit back in the day had sat around complaining about lack of content like this, the site would have died. Instead they started making fucking content.

It takes time for communities to grow, and it feels like a lot of the folks who left reddit only ever knew reddit as a ready-made-community filled with thousands of people already. As in, they were latecomers and missed all the slow growth.

[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, considering we are in a post about the userbase shrinking maybe the situation is not quite the same.

I also don't have that kind of time and energy to get a whole community running just for the kicks anymore, and I definitely do not appreciate to have the deficiencies of this place thrown on my face as if that's my responsibility. It's not exactly welcoming or motivating.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Well, considering we are in a post about the userbase shrinking maybe the situation is not quite the same.

Reddit admins literally ran bot accounts to fill content on reddit and make it seem more active at first. The users who came from Digg had similar complaints, and reddit userbase fluctuated at lot in the first few years. It's actually exactly the same (minus the admins using bots to make it seem more active).

I also don’t have that kind of time and energy to get a whole community running just for the kicks anymore

No one is asking you, specifically, to do it.

[–] maltasoron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe we should ask spez to come over and help generate engagement :P

[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, remains to be seen. The pacing of the internet today is very different.

No one is asking you, specifically, to do it.

Then don't get on my case for not liking the lack of content, geez!

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sorry, I just think it's a dumb, entitled complaint. I'm not asking you to do anything other than stop whinging.

[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Redditor-level rudeness sure showed up quickly though

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

That's funny, I thought it was redditor-level entitlement that showed up.