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Wow, things have changed since I last posted in /c/fediverse. Here are the top five most active instances based on monthly active users:

  • lemmy.world: 19516
  • lemm.ee: 3779
  • lemmy.ml: 2970
  • sh.itjust.works: 2355
  • feddit.de: 2293

Source: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

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[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 112 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

goddammit

i joined dxcomplex because it was the smallest instance i was confident wouldn't fold (and i liked the name);
then it folded so i joined .world because it was the smallest instance i was confident wouldn't fold (and i liked the name);
then it got massive so i joined lemm.ee because it was the smallest instance i was confident wouldn't fold (and i liked the name)

i'm starting to wonder if i'm cursed

[–] mapro@lemm.ee 108 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

but what if going away makes it worse? .world's downtime has only increased since i made my l.ee acct

[–] NerfHerder@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well then, please post where you're gonna go next so we can avoid your trail.

[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well actually, i did recently make a backup acct. on lemmy.dbzer0.com...

[–] puttybrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

Well that's not great for me then

[–] billygoat@catata.fish 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol same, I joined FMHY first because I wanted in on a smaller instance. I now self host. Fool me once.

[–] timespace@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now you’ll fold when you’re damn good and ready!

[–] billygoat@catata.fish 6 points 1 year ago
[–] gridleaf@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you want an instance that almost definitely won't go under, sdf.org has existed since ~~1986~~ 1987 and has an instance at lemmy.sdf.org

[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

actually i almost went for sdf instead of l.ee. the reason i didn't was that it seems almost too good to be true? i see so many sites around that proclaim they're hosted on sdf, the biggest text on their homepage says "create a free account" and yet there isn't a donate button

i realise there's one on their lemmy instance, and i might choose them if l.ee does fold, but i felt like i was taking advantage of something meant for others

[–] BeanCounter@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

You are become death

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get your point, but I think lemm.ee is still so much smaller than lemmy.world that it’s not much of a problem (at least not yet).

[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yeah you're right, but i'm not (just) being funny when i said that - lemmy.world had only just started when i joined (10 days), still had the old (much nicer) icon and no banner, etc. it had 188 users / month, compared to .ml's (at the time) 1.8k and lemm.ee's (current, according to the above infographic) 3.7k...

actually this is incredible how fast it grew