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Dethroning lemmy.ml, lemm.ee rises as the second most active instance (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3804525

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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[–] Skua@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Singular they goes back at least as far as Shakespeare. Also, "you" was originally a plural pronoun.

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Cant "you" still be used to mean many people? "do you all" "you guys" etc...

Also, there's a lot of Shakespeare speech that is kind of incomprehensible today.

[–] Skua@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, it can, but my point was that it used to only mean multiple people and we don't have any trouble using it to refer to just one

[–] explodicle@local106.com 0 points 1 year ago

I don't think anyone is suggesting that we eliminate the plural "they", either.

If Shakespeare's English is too hard to comprehend today, then we can make it easier by switching one part back. It also proves that they're ;-) not just trying to sound more important or whatever transphobic bs.