Mastodawn

MicroWave Jul 1, 2023

Lemmy.world grew by about 40% on the first day of reddit migration

https://lemmy.world/post/920949

Lemmy.world grew by about 40% on the first day of reddit migration - Lemmy.world

Lemmy.world [https://lemmy.world/] grew from around 51000 total users the moment 3rd party reddit apps started to shut down on June 30 to 71000 total users at the time of this post (July 1). That’s a 40% growth in about 12 hours! Welcome newcomers!

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Machefi Jul 1, 2023

Honestly, I didn’t believe this would happen. I thought all who wanted to migrate have done this already and there would be maybe a couple hundred people joining us today. I’m glad I was wrong. Gives me hope in people of the Internet standing up for what they deserve.

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BedSharkPal

The sooner we realize corporate control of social media was a massive mistake, the better the world will be. Imagine if corporate social media algos that drive engagement through ragebaiting hadn't existed for the last 10 years...