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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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[–] WoodenBleachers@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Maybe I need to be on ml then. I feel like world is just full of the same.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I quite like beehaw and their communities, and yeah, you're missing out on those if you're on world, from what I understand. (Fairly sure they're still defederated.)

I personally like lemmy.ml, but I know it's not for everyone, and the admins would prefer to keep it a smaller instance, I think. I'm only here because there weren't as many federated servers three years ago when I made an account.

You also might check out !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone, they flood my feed with good memes.

[–] UsernameLost@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

I blocked 196 because it was just shitty memes being spammed

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

196 is amazing

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Just gotta follow The Rule

[–] gowan@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Hexbear was never federated with world and Im not sure lemmygrad was either, and as I recall they defederated from explodingheads.

[–] atocci@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Kbin is a nice alternative. Content cycles out of Hot a lot faster on here.

You also get microblogging support on here, so you have access to the Mastodon side of the fediverse as well without having to copy and paste links.

[–] pgetsos@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try out Kbin, as well. Personally I have none of the usual Lemmy complaints

[–] LoopingRiver@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are there any decent iOS apps for kbin yet? I almost never browse these sites on desktop (hence why I have completely left Reddit since Apollo died).

Currently using Memmy on iOS which is great.

[–] jwr1@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Kbin doesn't have an api yet, so apps aren't supported (there are some in the works though for when the api goes public). In the meantime, you can install the pwa through a browser.

[–] pgetsos@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The PWA is very decent for a basic browsing experience. There are a few in the works, most notable being Artemis which is now in public beta I think. It uses the new Kbin API which is also in beta.

For now, the app can only be used with the artemis.camp instance, but soon Kbin.social and the rest Kbin instances will use the API and be usable with the app as well. It is inspired by Apollo btw

[–] LoopingRiver@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the info. I’ll have to check it out!