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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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[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay but how do we fix it? Are we allowed to solicit on reddit just to get people here? Are Lemmy users even getting the word out about Lemmy?

This isn't exactly the easiest platform to use. The term "instances" is probably intimidating to the average reddit user who has to do nothing more than type "reddit.com" to get to where they need to be.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the honest answer is to become active and solicit on Mastodon. Those users are not only far more open to the pitch of "Mastodon but with threaded discussions" but are far more legitimately engaged and active than Reddit users.

EDIT: Not to mention they can literally participate from their existing accounts. Super easy to get your foot in the door.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay but how do we fix it?

I think you answer your own question -

This isn't exactly the easiest platform to use.

I quite like lemmy, but the barrier to entry is far too high to enjoy the platform. Assume your user doesn't give a flying monkies about federation and things like that, they just want the memes and content - if we can crack that, we might be onto something.

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

I was just hoping for something more than a meme/news site.

You can get that anywhere. So Lemmy isn't exactly standing out.