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As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

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[–] singletona@lemmy.world 44 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

As one of those newbies?

Hi. It is the two millionth day of September, give or take a few thousand.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] singletona@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

For the past thirty two years, and counting.

I was there at the beginning. Just a wee Luser. Such fun and wonderful times for eleven year old me to be punted into.

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[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 6 hours ago

If you've got a question about any of the Lemmy culture don't hesitate to ask. We will gladly answer (^_^)

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[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 19 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Im new to Lemmy too. Happy to be here. :)

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 6 points 6 hours ago

Happy to read you :)

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 41 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Good, the Piracy community over on dbzer0 is much better than the subreddit anyways.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 294 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (14 children)

Everyone remember to be kind to the newbies, not assume that they immediately understand how the fediverse works, and not to talk about your favourite Linux distro until the second date

[–] zzx@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Also maybe try not to harass them about which instance they choose to join (unless it's a tanky one lmao), just try to educate them if the subject comes up. I think it's overwhelming to jump right away into "this instance has this problem, you should move to this other one"

I say this still not having moved from Lemmy.world

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 19 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

And how to hold your poop in for a few days for... reasons.

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I was there. In the ancient times.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

What were you saying about Slackware? Who said Slackware?

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

No, I said, "I like the slacks you're wearing." They would go nicely with a red hat.

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 7 points 8 hours ago

So, my second-favorite Linux distro is Arch, BTW

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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 73 points 10 hours ago (5 children)
[–] elidoz@lemmy.ml 62 points 10 hours ago (6 children)
[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

I switched fully over and am in the process of degoogling and de-microsofting my life. No more easy defaults of VS Code, back to custom configuring my emacs. No more surveillance, self-hosting and encryption. No more shitty windows gaming, Linux and Proton for gaming bliss!

[–] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 4 hours ago

I finally wiped the windows partition off my main home PC last week. Feels good, man.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Dam even switched over to Emacs. My dude you didn't have to go that far. :)

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[–] svtdragon@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

No love for jetbrains?

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

"So yeah! Emacs, huh?"

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[–] superjimboomba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 168 points 12 hours ago (13 children)

Guess I am one of the 536 newbies hahahaha!

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 5 points 6 hours ago
[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 23 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE LINUX DISTRO

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 23 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] zzx@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 9 points 8 hours ago
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