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How big is lemmy nowadays (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by professionalvirgin@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I discovered lemmy back when reddit started to charge for their API. However upon taking a look at it, it seemed that apart from like 8 communities,there was not much going on elsewhere. Things seem to have changed since then, quite a lot of active communities these days. So how many users do yall reckon lemmy has now? Is it close to 5M? or perhaps even higher?

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[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

not disagreeing with your overall premise, but do clearly labeled bot news aggregator communities need much interaction right now?

I read many of the articles on bot feeds and will sometimes comment on ones that I think should get a few more eyeballs. others do the same and I appreciate their prodding as well. for my usecase lemmy in its current state has been absolutely wonderful, and I am enjoying watching it evolve.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah I'm glad it works for you but at that point you are using lemmy like a RSS feed reader and at that point just use an RSS feed reader. But my point was trying to explain the lack of engagement that drives more content. Sometimes the post is secondary to comments in some cases.