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Does lemmy.world really have 28300 users already? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Agreed. Having a stable landing place like lemmy.world with lots of local content for new users to get comfortable before spreading out to other instances doesn’t defeat the purpose of federation. Why would I want to join a place that seems to barely have any activity at first glance? The federated content is not immediately apparent to new casual users.