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A timeline I created of the total users at the top 10 Lemmy instances as a bar chart race: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/14058992/ and as a line chart: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/14080522/.

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[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (12 children)

The numbers are still quite low compared to what the activity now feels like. Two weeks ago I could easily read all posts and comments and now I can’t follow the many new posts ^^

[–] Johnnypneumoniac@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm being a lot more active here than I was on Reddit. Trying to make sure it feels like a dynamic space for new redfugees :)

[–] setsneedtofeed@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve got a ton of things to post that are either from my pulled down Reddit posts or stuff I had but never posted. Here, if anything I’m trying to pace my posts so that I don’t drown a community in just my threads.

[–] V4uban@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here as well, really enjoying it so far.

[–] beeboopbeep@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Well.. dare I see me also! I told my wife “I’m pretty sure this is the push to Web 3.0.

[–] nachtigall@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Same here, I am just afraid this will stop after the first wave of enthusiasm.

[–] mobiuscoffee@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I'm feeling the same way, but I suppose we'll soon see.

Even if the reddit exodus doesn't turn into another internet legend, I am enjoying having fun participating in a forum for the first time in a long time. Probably since reddit stopped feeling like one in the early 2010s.

[–] Johnnypneumoniac@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed, Lemmy needs to hit a critical mass to keep things going.

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[–] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

50,000 people is a LOT of people. Keep in mind that a good chunk of the millions of users on reddit and other social media sites are either separated and isolated into smaller segments, or even then most people just lurk.

[–] Jomn@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I'm usually just a lurker but Lemmy makes me want to take part of the experience. I really hope that it will take off in the long run.

[–] Rentlar@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I looked at the participation (active user) rate, it shows above 20% in Beehaw and 7% overall in Lemmy. Normally subreddits of 3,000-6,000 are kind of slow and people post once in a while, most probably lurk.

Here, at least for now it's really buzzing, people get a sense that they can be heard and real conversations are happening.

[–] slashzero@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I’d wager a large percentage are bots, too!

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