• Sonemonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ve noticed that Lemmy is getting more and more usable as more users join and add more content.

    • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Um, I am desperate for them to fix their main page algorithm. I browse Lemmy cause fuck Reddit, but the main page is mostly useless.

  • Aax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Unfortunately, such a huge spike is probably because of a bot campaign…

    • zeriah@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      I haven’t “left” Reddit yet, but I also have been avoiding the site as much as possible. If they’re going to be a terrible site, the least I can do is try to avoid going on and making them money from ads.

      Or at least only doing so at home where I have my PiHole box to remove them.

      • dan96kid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        To make a long story short… Reddit’s doing a DEEPLY UNPOPULAR API change that effectively wipes out 3rd party tools and clients, which sparked site-wide protests. Reddit’s CEO is now having a pretty public meltdown and threatening moderators partaking in said protests. Lemmy popped up in a good number of discussions on Reddit in regards to the situation. Queue the start of a mass-exodus of Reddit users and mods to Lemmy

        • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Gotcha. I’m generally aware of what’s going on over there but wasn’t sure if a particular post or action caused the big surge today.

  • cmrn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Got sick of Reddit, looked for alternatives, found sub.rehab, found Lemmy was common… here I am.

  • TRBoom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    This instance gives a clue maybe?

    https://fedidb.org/network/instance/lemmy.wiuf.net

    It looks like it’s only a day old and it has 11k users. There isn’t any content on it either. There are a few instances like that, you can see them here: https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy. They all have low MAU, 10k or so users, and low Status Count.

    Quite a few are showing about 10k new users in the past day or so. Probably they’re small instances without bot protection or instances made to support bots.

    • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Can this be reported to those tech savvy enough to know what to do? Fantastic find. These instances might well be preparing bots for attack.

  • Chocrates@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    No idea myself but we have to remember that not all the users that come try this will stay, so I anticipate once the Reddit nonsense blows over the community will shrink a bit. I am going to stay, but I was “lemmy curious” before the reddit business.

  • RickRussell_CA@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    In my opinion, the output of the disastrous Zoom meeting with the moderators & community of /r/Blind .

    Reddit leadership made it clear that they have nothing but contempt for their users. They essentially refused to answer essential questions for the disabled Reddit community.

    I guess Spez thinks nobody will care as long as they get their fill of GIFs and pics? I have no idea. I’m not closing out my account, but whatever reddit intended to sell to me, I’m not buying it.

  • markr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    For me it was the total fuckery of the reddit owners. I quit twitter. I’ve put zuckbook on read only. I can do without reddit too. The internet needs to be de-oligarched.

  • hungover_pilot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been thinking about joining for the last few weeks. The reason I did today was because the developer of my favorite app (sync) announced they would be releasing a lemmy version

  • XYZinferno@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Keep in mind too that the expiration date for many of the mainstream third party Reddit apps is June 30

    Just think of the spike in users when that rolls around in 10 days

    • zikk_transport2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Reddit is already turning into shit. Like literall shit, except it’s digital shit, but still shit.

      Feeling horny? Visit r/horny. Oh wait, that’s christian minecraft discussions!

      Wanna learn something new? Visit r/InterestingAsFuck. Oh wait, that’s interesting porn positions!

      Wanna see what is going in gaming community? Just visit r/steam! Oh wait, it’s choo choo shitwreck powered by steam engines!

      No wonder why people are looking for Reddit alternative, and Lemmy might be just the right option. :)

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Just think of the spike in users when that rolls around in 10 days

      I’m here now trying to get ahead of it.

  • Furbag@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    This is probably just the first big wave. The biggest will be when the apps themselves actually shut down - fence sitters will then have to make a choice to download the official app or try an alternative and I think a lot of people will be curious to see if the grass is greener.

  • Saintpaul@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I love this because more people will comment. A majority of my time on Reddit was reading through comments and hearing all of people’s interesting takes and learning random information. The daily increase is fun to watch especially since I’m not the one maintaining the servers!