• Deebster@programming.devEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    I assume this latest bump is due to lemmy.world updating and now counting lurkers when assessing active users.

      • Katzastrophe@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Don’t forget that Reddit was made up of 90% lurkers, and less than 1% of active posters, the rest would comment but rarely post themselves. These numbers are great if we keep those statistics in mind

        • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          Commenters were already counted, though, so this bump is really just the vote-only population getting added. Which is still important to maintaining a healthy and varied front-page, mind you.

  • Ckjazz@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    8 months ago

    I come after the great reddit API purge. Haven’t looked back and I’m happy for it.

    I’ve gotten part of my life back as a result.

    • explodicle@local106.comEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      It’s surprising the psychological difference of “net seventeen people think you’re an asshole” vs “twenty people think you’re an asshole, but three people get you”.

    • CptOblivius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Me as well. I occasionally peak back to some niche subreddits, but don’t contribute anymore. I’m hoping some pop up here over time.

        • Nurgle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 months ago

          I feel like the sports communities are lacking critical mass and for some reason I just don’t see content from some of the small communities (specifically magic the gathering for me) pop up on my feed. Like it’d be nice the algo pushed them more since I am subbed and want to participate.

  • wagesj45@kbin.run
    31·
    8 months ago

    My internet experience has been slower since switching to Mastodon and Lemmy/Kbin. And it’s so nice. The things I see are more interesting. The conversations are usually more well thought out. And lowest common denominator dopamine content isn’t being driven into my eyeballs by Algorithms. I’ve legitimately been happier since the Reddit API debacle.

    Long live the Old Internet.

    • Troy@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Seriously, it feels like 1999 internet. And I’m loving it!

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    8 months ago

    AFAIK, V0.19 adds anyone that votes to MAU instead of just commenters and posters, so any server thats converted is reporting better #s. With Lemmy.world now on 0.19, expect this to be even sharper.

  • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    8 months ago

    That’s it? Wow, a lot fewer people were upset about the loss of 3rd party apps than I thought. We need to add at least 3 more zeroes to that number if this place stands a chance at taking down reddit.

  • Minotaur@lemm.eeEnglish
    01·
    8 months ago

    Super, super impressive.

    Most web apps, especially social media - get that peak and then have this huge falloff (see Threads for a particularly grisly example). Lemmy seems really good at keeping its user base.

    It reminds me that I need to contribute posts more often myself. I’m think the only reason I ever go back to reddit is that it has some specialized subs we just don’t have here yet. But sometimes you have to start posting to an audience of 0 to get things going.