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There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) (lemmy.fediverse.observer)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping.

Also a few people who came to see how it was, and weren't attracted enough to become regular visitors.

Curious to see at which number we'll stabilize.

Next peak will probably happen after either major features release (e.g. exhaustive mod tools allowing reluctant communities to move from Reddit) or the next Reddit fuck up (e.g. removing old.reddit)

Stats on each server: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

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[–] beteljuice@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Numbers will go up again once the reddit infinity client stops working.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don't revanced apps with personal API keys solve that issue?

[–] Traegs@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd argue that some people are not tech savvy enough to figure that out. Whereas Lemmy is actually less complicated.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think there are two types of users

  • either they are tech savvy enough to use revanced
  • or they are not, but then they don't mind the official Reddit app

In both case, they are not moving to Lemmy

[–] ChronosWing@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

I still visit reddit from my revanced sync app, although Sync for Lemmy has taken the Sync for reddit spot on my homescreen. So I do spend more time here but sometimes I jump to reddit because of certain subs I still like to visit.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Rumour has it that Reddit has been banning accounts for misuse of API keys used to patch 3rd party Reddit apps.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had a look, they are banning accounts with apps using other apps' keys.

As long as someone uses their own key, they're fine

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Good to know. I'll stop spreading this rumour in that case.