Yes, it really does!
Since my post yesterday, lemmy.world has added about new 2600 users, bringing the user count to 28361 users. It's the clear second-largest lemmy instance out there and quickly closing in on lemmy.ml's 36k users (not taking new signups).
Interestingly, third-largest lemmy instance beehaw.org seems to have lost about 275 users since yesterday. Guessing some people were pissed off about its defederation enough to delete their beehaw accounts?
One of the reasons I picked this community instance was reading about their finances and how they were positioned for the long run. I plan to contribute: money and content. I want to see the community thrive.
Where can I read this?
lemmy.world is operated by the folks from mastodon.world and they blog about their finances monthly: https://blog.mastodon.world/