Unless anyone knows another reason for this impressive increase in comments? Seems to roughly coincide with Sync launching. If thats the case, just goes to show the importance of good third party apps.

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

EDIT: Looks like a confusingly labeled graph and I think this is total comments. I have no idea why that spike could exist though.

  • Ejh3k@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m gonna blame it on all the sync haters just commenting about how sync sucks and why FOSS is so much better.

    • ijeff@lemdro.idEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Still better to have all the discourse on Lemmy instead of Reddit :).

    • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I just don’t get the love for Sync. It was the best reddit app on Android like 10 years ago, but so many other apps surpassed it a while ago. Boost was smoother and had more options. As for iOS, Alien Blue and then Apollo were much better.

      With lemmy, you’ve got great apps like memmy and Thunder that are imo better than Sync.

      So you’re dealing with ads (or paying for closed source software) just to use a worse product that kinda goes against the FOSS philosophy Lemmy is built on.

      • Neve8028@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Hey, you’re entitled to your opinion. I think it’s fair to say that most people here in the official sync community are going to disagree with you about it being a bad app. As for the FOSS philosophy, I genuinely don’t give a fuck. Cool that there are lots of FOSS alternatives but I like LJ and sync and have no issues supporting him. Nice that there are lots of options for different people.

        • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          I never said it was bad.

          I just don’t get why people would use it over alternatives that have more features, are more stable, are free, and don’t include ads…

    • phex@feddit.chEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I used Sync for Reddit for about 10 years but with the switch to the Fediverse I’ve adopted more of a FOSS mindset.

      My initial reaction was vitriolic for no other reason than being disappointed due to my own expectations. I’m sure it’s still a great app and I still absolutely appreciate and respect lj; it’s just not for me anymore. But that doesn’t give me the right to force my opinion on others.

      Ultimately I’m just happy we’re growing and I believe that’s what we should be focussing on.

  • Artificial Human No. 20@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Decided to join Lemmy after having issues with the Reddit app and Relay not getting along. Facebook groups as of late have been flaming garbage. Twitter is now an… X. I’m not touching Reddit again unless Google sends me there. Sync seems to do the job quite well.

    I’ve tried Mastodon before. It just wasn’t my cuppa. This is my new public facing social home I think.

    • Lauchs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Do you know whether the same chart (or raw data?!?) exists but minus say purged instances? Is that even possible?

      • o_oli@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Not sure how useful it is, but you can choose various colums and get some further information here:

        https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

        Interestingly there is some definite fuckery going on with the stats - one server has 80 users and 1.2 million comments. So this whole thread is probably rather pointless when stuff like that exists lol.

    • o_oli@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Impressive! Honestly I can totally understand this growth myself because it mirrors very well my own interactions here. When third party apps died I came here, tried a bunch of apps, made a bunch of comments and then didn’t really stick around because I couldn’t find a good enough app I liked.

      Then when Sync released I have barely touched reddit and been 95% on Lemmy again.

      I am still very impressed if Sync alone is responsible for 4 million additional comments per day though. That is rather staggering if it’s true.

        • o_oli@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Good point. I’m unsure on the exact dates/times/timezones involved but it does sort of look like there was a good increase in comments maybe a day or so before Sync release. If that is not Sync though I’m struggling to think what else would cause it…

          • Dr. Zoidberg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 years ago

            I think a couple apps restarted on Lemmy around the same time Sync came out. I know boost showed up, and I’ve seen a bunch of newly released app announcement threads in the last week.

            Probably a combination of new and better apps. I know I basically just lurked until sync came out. It just feels familiar, and all the features I want are just here. The only thing I think I want, is to see how many down votes are on posts, but it’s literally the only thing I can think of.

    • Screamium@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      In my case I was using a 3rd party app that was only barred from signing in to reddit, but I was still able to read and navigate the website until a few days ago. Now it seems that they have cut that access off so that drove me to create an account here.

    • gabe [he/him]@literature.cafeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I think it’s a good sign people are sticking around. A lot of people joined mastodon and instantly left because it was too much to figure out how to use. Lemmy is a lot better in its current state than where mastodon was during the first mass migrations.

      • noqturn@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I also think mastadon was trying to replace Facebook and twitter. A generalized assumption of those users is a lack of technical familiarity. Lemmy is the reddit alternative, and the users there tend to be way more technically proficient, or at least willing to learn.

        • chrizbie@lemmy.nzEnglish
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          2 years ago

          I’ve never cared about Twitter so I guess it makes sence that I don’t care about mastodon, lemmy on the other hand is a lot of fun

        • fidodo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Also there’s less friction to picking an instance. I’m not so worried about losing an anonymous account so I’ve made several on multiple instances

      • GtaSpartan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Totally agree joined Lemmy today and it feels just like Reddit with a few extra steps but oh well. Mastodon is it’s own beast to tackle

    • Not A Bird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Mastodon has 2M active users and has been steady for quite a while now. Fediverse is growing, maturing. Also Lemmy is trying to compete with Reddit, and Mastodon is trying to compete wuth Twitter. Lemmy and Mastodon are not actually competing with each other.

      • Meganium97@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 years ago

        An interesting tidbit: apparently there’s meshing between the two fediverse projects, given that they use the same platform. It’s a bit buggy though, and while you can ping people and they can comment here, it doesn’t really work the same way on the other side.

        At least there’s a remindme bot via mastodon.

        • waldyrious@lemm.eeEnglish
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          2 years ago

          apparently there’s meshing between the two fediverse projects, given that they use the same platform.

          What are you referring to exactly? Sounds a bit like kbin but I get the sense that’s not what you’re talking about.

          • Kresten@feddit.dkEnglish
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            2 years ago

            You can tag mastodon users on here, and they can follow us and reply when you create a post (either comment or post)

            • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
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              2 years ago

              Mastodon users can also create posts on Lemmy communities by tagging the community itself with an @.

  • IAmTano@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’ve been trying to comment more to add to the communities that I’m a part of. On Reddit I was a lurker and never commented because the communities were so large and by the time I got to the post it had already blown up. Now on Lemmy the communities are much smaller and I want to foster some discussion or at least add something to these smaller communities to help them grow. Most posts have less than 10 comments or frequently none so I think it’s important to foster some additional engagement. I’ve completely stopped using Reddit and yeah I do miss it from time to time, but I don’t see myself going back unless significant change takes place.

    • jasparagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, I never had good luck with jerboa… it worked sometimes, but I was mostly using liftoff (which is pretty good, in my opinion).

    • buzziebee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Same here. I could log in, but I couldn’t switch away from the anonymous user. I wrote out a few detailed comments and found that they couldn’t be sent, tracking down the thread on the browser version to paste the comment I wrote in was a terrible UX, so I stopped bothering.

  • Deca@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Yup, created my account a month ago but found it a hassle to navigate on mobile, and actively started commenting the moment sync dropped

  • jpants@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I have found myself using Lemmy a lot more in general since Sync. Much better than all of the other apps imo.

  • dbilitated@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 years ago

    it’s people arguing about whether or not they use sync

    … honestly tho I wouldn’t be surprised, I’m using it a lot more now 🤷‍♂️

  • minerva@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m one of them. Never used lemmy because none of the available apps werent as sleek, stable, and functional as the reddit apps of old. But now sync is a great app so I use Lemmy a lot more.