As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

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[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That'll teach em! You can't just sign up, first you gotta read some 20 minute long post from gnu.org

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Nobody is forcing you but you should really consider investing 20 minutes in learning how lemmy is different. You may think it's not that serious but look at where popular centralized platforms are heading to, now that bad actors are taking full control the problem cannot be ignored

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I see your argument and I am playing in the same field, but in reality you will scare average users away with that kind of stuff.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

I'm simply suggesting new comers to learn how this place works. If people get scared over how a software works it's even more evidence that we need to help them understand.

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If I had to read a 20 minute post just to doomscroll Elon and Linux, I’d just stick to Reddit. Whatever nefarious stuff they’re doing isn’t more valuable than 20 minutes of my real world time.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

Whatever nefarious stuff they’re doing isn’t more valuable than 20 minutes of my real world time.

I'm not sure if you are trolling. 20 minutes is a random number we pick up it probably take even less and 20 minutes is not really much time, we waste more time doing more useless things

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Are you allergic to reading ?

[–] Sinthesis@lemmy.today 3 points 18 hours ago

:motions at trillions of times people that signed up for Fb, Ig, Twit, TkTk, etc/everything without reading the Terms of Service:

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

When it comes to things I don’t want to read during my lunch break, yes.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 23 hours ago

A lot of people are.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 1 points 22 hours ago

Sneeze