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https://pixelfed.fediverse.observer/dailystats

I don't even use Pixelfed, but its growth is kind of interesting to me:

The ebb lasted a lot longer than I was rooting for. But now it seems to have caught a recent uptick. Still slight in terms of its maximum peak, but respectable: 47K Monthly Active Users. (about the same as the total number of MAUs on Lemmy!)

Furthermore, it's also reflected in the half-year Active Users, meaning it's not just people who signed in a couple months ago who are now checking back in -- looks like brand-new active participants.

Any idea what caused this? Another "migrate" campaign? Did Instagram do something stupid again? Or is it just a data glitch?

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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Aren't they both pulling the same activitypub data?

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

only in theory

Pixelfed doesn't use groups/communities, so Lemmy cannot access their content since Lemmy can't follow users

(maybe you were thinking of PieFed? that's a different platform with a similar name lol)

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Im not sure piefed can as well? But it would be cool if it did.

[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 0 points 2 days ago

I like the opposite being able to fetch pictures from lemmy and piefed from pixelfed app

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