Lemmy active user base skyrockets by an astounding 1600% in June!

https://lemmy.world/post/845369

Lemmy active users grew by an astounding 1600% in June - Lemmy.world

From 2,997 active users across all lemmy instances at the beginning of June, the number increased to 52,797 by June 30th. Source [https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=30]. An active user on Lemmy is "someone who has posted or commented on our instance or community within the last given time frame.” Source [https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/07-ranking-algo.html]. That means lurkers are not counted as active users. We’re really building something here!

I'm looking at the Lemmy instances webpage https://the-federation.info/platform/73

Why are so many instances closed for sign-ups? Doesn't seem like a good thing for the potential July 1st deluge of new users.

Why are so many instances closed for sign-ups?

Probably to keep the instances from melting with the influx of new users if I had to guess