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Lemmy's active users (content creators) see impressive 35% growth in July so far

https://lemmy.world/post/1201316

Lemmy's active users (content creators) see impressive 35% growth in July so far - Lemmy.world

We’re seeing an increase from 53k active users at the beginning of July to 72k active users at the time of this post According to Lemmy’s documentation, an active user is "someone who has posted or commented on our instance or community within the last given time frame.” Lurkers aren’t considered active users, so basically these are content creators on Lemmy. Sources: - https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/07-ranking-algo.html [https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/07-ranking-algo.html] - https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=30 [https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=30]

Jul 8, 2023 at 4:33pmWeb
Show threadkhoplexJul 8, 2023
Commenting so that I can continue to be a positive statistic. 🫡
Show threadn8schichtJul 8, 2023
Show threadOrganicindependenceJul 8, 2023
I’m doing my part!
Show threadoscilloscopecactusJul 8, 2023
I’m doing my part!
Show threadwplurkerJul 8, 2023
I‘m doing my part!
Show threadlymingsengJul 8, 2023
I’m parting my do
Show threadoooJul 10, 2023
I’m doing it, too!
Show threadSwallowsDickJul 8, 2023
Joining you
Show threadotherKarlJul 8, 2023
I’m throwing my dart!
Show threadSplendidOctopusJul 8, 2023
I might as well try.
Show threadbloopJul 9, 2023
Samesies
Show threadbrbJul 8, 2023
I’ve been lurking, thanks to these users for providing content for me to enjoy while procrastinating.
Show threadSighBapanadaJul 8, 2023
I used to have a high barrier of thought prior to posting but now I just post whatever bullshit is on my mind at that moment just so I can keep threads active. Like I’m doing now
Show threadend0flineJul 8, 2023
I had a mindset that I had nothing of value to contribute to the conversation. On here, I type out what I would have at Reddit, but I was just wrong. I get plenty of people who engage with me.
Show threadDoucheAsaurusJul 8, 2023
On reddit I always had the feeling that someone else had already made my point for me. Here I find myself submitting all those comments and posts that I just deleted halfway through before.
Show threadLemmyleftyJul 8, 2023

Ditto that.

And the frustration that comes of that isn’t so much “I didn’t get to make a point, for which I lost the opportunity to receive credit” but more “I didn’t get to engage with the discussion in realtime without having a sense for how others would react, appreciate, or challenge my views”. Reading things afterward has that line of discussion set in stone in a way that’s unlike being a participant.

Show threadend0flineJul 8, 2023
I think you explained it a bit more eloquently than me. This exactly.
Show threadDoucheAsaurusJul 8, 2023
I'm glad to hear from you anyway :)
Show threadz3n0xJul 8, 2023
Thank you for your service! o7
Show threadSighBapanadaJul 8, 2023
No need to thank me, shitposting is my godgiven duty o7
Show threadBecomingJul 8, 2023
That’s exactly why I’ve always been a mere lurker. Maybe I should change that!
Show threadgrteJul 8, 2023
It feels like a threshold has been crossed. Reddit related content is there but not so dominating as before. People are memeing other things, news and politics discussion is popping up, particularly popular posts from more niche communities as well, it feels like a much more healthy mix of content now compared to the beginning of July and especially compared to when I joined during the reddit blackout.
Show threadRaildrakeJul 8, 2023

Absolutely, and it’s been very refreshing to see discussion get broader and be filled with memes and other interesting content.

It will take a while to get somewhere close to Reddit, but if we talk about how it feels, I see it getting closer and closer day by day.

Show threadglorious_albusJul 8, 2023
Considering how toxic reddit was getting, I’m okay if lemmy doesn’t get close to it.
Show thread🇸‌🇵‌🇪‌🇨‌🇺‌🇱‌🇦‌🇹‌🇪‌🇷‌Jul 8, 2023
I rarely ever posted on Reddit, I’m trying to share my original content here now.
Show threadpipsJul 8, 2023
I looked at the front page of Reddit without logging in a few hours ago and the site is almost unrecognizable. I’m sure there are people that prefer this iteration but I’m fine moving on.
Show threadfiahJul 8, 2023
Hopefully we’ve not just crossed the activity threshold for people to stick around and shitpost but also for people to figure it’s worth posting some quality stuff here
Show threadSacredHeartAttackJul 8, 2023
I think this has been the first week when I didn’t have to like put Lemmy down cause I was just seeing posts I had already seen. It’s nice to have a good feed to scroll again, and not feel like I have to deep dive posts and read every comment just to see something new. Feelsgoodman.
Show threadforsenJul 8, 2023
So much this. Exploring this place at first felt a bit empty so to say. Not that much stuff to see or read. Now there's tons of comments, posts and upvote activity that makes this place feel fresh and alive now. FeelsGoodMan indeed, and we're the oned giving it life.
Show threadBiggetitJul 8, 2023
I feel good reading about what you said about feeling good. You inspired me to say my first fediwords, and I wanted them to be about feeling good.
Show threadforsenJul 8, 2023
Thank you. It feels good to be inspiring others, as I was inspired by other's excitement and happiness to be here. Welcome
Show threadnLuLukna Jul 8, 2023
We have hit the critical mass; and that is a cause for celebration. A month ago when I joined, I thought that people would come, post a bit. See the limited content and leave. And I will admit it was painful to use Lemmy back then since a solid 90 percent of posts where about the site or were rips from Reddit. Fingers crossed for the future of Lemmy
Show threadWhiskyTangoFoxtrotJul 9, 2023
It was also painful to use Lemmy back then because any time there was a new post it would push all the old ones down the screen and you’d often literally have to chase the links that you wanted to click. That on top of how generally slow and unreliable the platform was back in June. The technical improvements to Lemmy over the last few weeks have been absolutely amazing.
Show threadSQL_InjectMeJul 9, 2023
Oh I remember that!
Show threadBadaBingJul 8, 2023
Super impressed with growth over the last week alone. I really was worried how I would adjust to not being on Reddit after Apollo died but I feel pretty encouraged now.
Show threadHahaJul 8, 2023
Me too! Replacing Reddit for me is not so easy but I’m getting better at using Lemmy. Still browse “popular” on Reddit in an alt to compare a bit but so far so good
Show threadBadaBingJul 8, 2023
Amaaaaaazing username! Love it!
Show threadHahaJul 8, 2023
Haha thank you <3
Show threadSlowTurnJul 8, 2023
Only thing I feel like I am missing is r/onepunchman the rest is no loss for me. And I have spend some time to get more news feeds here on Lemmy. I can get used to this.
Show threadYangWenliJul 8, 2023
Yeah, I stuck with Reddit for a while because I didn’t like Lemmy on Desktop, but now I’m using Memmy so I have no excuse.
Show threadPrivateOnionsJul 8, 2023
Glad to see Lemmy growing and growing.
Show threadGot_BentJul 8, 2023
So far so good but I haven’t found the blackjack and hookers yet.
Show threadkobraJul 8, 2023
I tried to come up with a good “Bender’s blackjack and hookers” type TLD name for an instance but couldn’t come up with anything clever
Show threadCinnamon3431Jul 8, 2023
boost
Show threaddonutsJul 8, 2023
There are dozens of us!
Show threadwhereisdani_rJul 8, 2023
Ahh the future satisfaction I’ve given myself to me by being able to say 10 years from now “there were no posts! …no one knew what an instance was…” and hopefully it was still be good and that day im acting holier than thou
Show threadDark_BladeJul 8, 2023
Feels nice, being a pioneer.
Show threadinfiJul 8, 2023
welcoming the new home with open arms 🙌🏻
Show threadnickknackJul 8, 2023
it’s been great so far and only getting better
Show threadb00mJul 8, 2023
as a kbin user
Show threadmrmanagerJul 8, 2023
I have made 464 comments in the last month appearently. Thats a lot more than on reddit for sure.
Show threadcodewiseJul 8, 2023
Doing my part to add statistical significance. This feels like using Reddit a decade ago. And that’s a great thing. Lots of room to expand and improve. It’s the age of discovery for the fediverse, and I’m looking forward to seeing how things evolve.
Show threadAnony MooseJul 8, 2023

There really is an eerie similarity to how the web felt like a decade ago. I had been aware of how much we’d lost to enshittification, but seeing Reddit’s decline at the same point as other platforms accelerating theirs really drove the point home.

I’m kinda shocked that such a healthy community was born on today’s Internet, bugs, blemishes and all. It gives me hope that we might be able to claw back part of the Internet from the megacorporations. Maybe?

Show threadmacawireJul 8, 2023
We need MORE!
Show threadeinJul 8, 2023

Impressive stats all around. The way that reddit and reddit-likes work with feeds/frontpages you don’t need millions and millions of users for a place to feel active and worth visiting. Reddit was an interesting place all the way back in 2010 when I first started going there, and I imagine they had an order of magnitude less users back then in the pre-smartphone app era.

With more users you get more of an eternal september effect… but you also get tons of people that might frictionlessly see and participate in more nische communities.

Show threadforksandspoonsJul 8, 2023
While there is definitely a bunch of content popping up now thanks to to influx of actuve users, there still are some more niche communities that were pretty active on old reddit that i guess just can get to critical mass on lemmy and so are pretty dead. I hope that can change going into the future though.
Show threadSpliffman1Jul 8, 2023
On first read I really thought you said “content pooping up…”, which would have been very lemmy actually :-)
Show threadSanguiniusJul 8, 2023
Good job team
Show threadRxBradJul 8, 2023
I feel like the real headline here is that active users are about 8x what they were a month ago.
Show threadspeaker_hatJul 8, 2023
Keep it up