1337tuxJun 22, 2023

Lemmy exceeds million users (maybe more accurately accounts)

https://lemmy.world/post/418490

Lemmy exceeds million users (maybe more accurately accounts) - Lemmy.world

Lemmy has multiplied it’s number of users (maybe more accurately accounts) in just few days. How much do you think is the percentage of bot accounts? Is Lemmy having problem with bot farming?

Show threadsquirrelJun 22, 2023

Yes, there's a bot problem. fedidb.org now shows the following message:

A spambot influx has been observed on Lemmy instances, inflating total user counts.

We recommend using Active Users as a better metric to gauge growth.

Show threadgenoxidedev1Jun 22, 2023
Do you know how active users are defined because I don't usually make my own posts but I upvote and comment every now and then?
Show threadKichae
Something like fedi observer can probably only gauge posts and comments, so active users will severely undercount people actually using the platform. But we should expect posting users to grow proportionally with less visible but active users.
Jun 22, 2023 at 11:49amWeb
Show threadmnemonicmonkeysJun 22, 2023
Head's up, it looks like your comment was posted 3 times