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There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) (lemmy.fediverse.observer)
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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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[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some subs on Reddit were practically unusable due to the amount of users and the noise they created. Especially if you weren't in an American timezone so missed the early chatter before everyone piled on. I've come to appreciate less users being here.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a happy medium between sitting in an empty bar and eternal summer.

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. More people need to understand that this isn't a black and white issue. We need that happy medium.

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

Yeah, especially since you could have smaller, niche subs on Reddit, but those largely don't work here. The niche subs were some of my favourite.

There's also some niche subs that need the site to be popular. Eg, AITA or BestOfLegalAdvice (which required LegalAdvice to be mainstream).