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The /r/piracy link to lemmy /c/piracy hit the reddit frontpage with 7K+ updoots! (www.reddit.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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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[-] smeg@feddit.uk 395 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Everyone remember to be kind to the newbies, not assume that they immediately understand how the fediverse works, and not to talk about your favourite Linux distro until the second date

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 84 points 4 days ago

Second date? I'm getting a date out of this now? Oh. Oh man. This is intense! I didn't even know she LIKED me! Wait....I don't even know who we're talking about!!!

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 19 points 3 days ago

You haven't been assigned your fediverse girlfriend yet ?

[-] addie@feddit.uk 17 points 3 days ago

Nicole the Polish girl from Toronto is my fediverse girlfriend, damnit. Get your own.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

"The fediverse chick!"

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Oh good. It was just mass spamming. I was very confused when I got that same message from 3 different accounts, but it was the same message with the same links. I thought I was being targeted.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah I got a whole bunch for whatever reason.

[-] Sunny@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

Username checks out 😅

[-] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 4 days ago

What were you saying about Slackware? Who said Slackware?

[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 26 points 4 days ago

No, I said, "I like the slacks you're wearing." They would go nicely with a red hat.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

M’lady. tips fedora

[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 days ago

Oh please honey, you gonna scare them. Now kids, welcome to Lemmy! Take a minute to visit and make yourselves confortable. Tomorrow I'll show you my Nobara.

[-] elvith@feddit.org 17 points 4 days ago

Narrator: They use arch btw.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 4 days ago

Teach them about beans.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 28 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

And how to hold your poop in for a few days for... reasons.

[-] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

I was there. In the ancient times.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 24 points 3 days ago

For the uninitiated.

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 11 points 3 days ago

Thank you for keeping Lemmy lore alive, you're doing god's work.

[-] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

You were there when the ancient texts were written, but remember, some of us were there when the alphabet was conceived.

[-] VubDapple@real.lemmy.fan 2 points 3 days ago

And jeans

[-] zzx@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Also maybe try not to harass them about which instance they choose to join (unless it's a tanky one lmao), just try to educate them if the subject comes up. I think it's overwhelming to jump right away into "this instance has this problem, you should move to this other one"

I say this still not having moved from Lemmy.world

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Is there a problem with Lemmy.world? I joined this one to avoid tankies, but I haven't gotten familiar with the place yet (despite moderating a community lol).

[-] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Besides smaller complaints (every instance has their issues). .world has gotten too large. Many people have suggested that it close its doors for now so other instances can catch up.

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Having at least one mega instance is really good, in my opinion. Whether we like it or not, many people struggle with the idea of the fediverse and how to function inside it. If they didn't have to think about it initially it would help them and the fediverse. BlueSky and the AT protocol should never have happened IMO. But people prefer them because the experience is "better".

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

lemm.ee is a good general alternative to .world.

[-] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It should probably the default suggestion or selection now.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Voyager defaults to lemm.ee now

[-] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I didn’t know that. That’s really good.

[-] clif@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

It's fine.

The occasional complaint I see is not enough that I've considered moving and I don't even remember what those were. But the great thing about the fediverse is that you can move if you want!

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago

Very dated Lemmy version. LW users still can't remove their uploaded media

[-] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

It also blocks Tor, other instances don't

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 14 points 4 days ago

Why would you go on a date with someone if you didn't know their religious opinions (favourite init system)???

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 10 points 3 days ago

So, my second-favorite Linux distro is Arch, BTW

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

I can talk about Linux distros on my date? But I don’t have any dates. Oh, right.

[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago

Some supermarkets have them

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Neelix, is that you?

[-] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 days ago

The entire point of c/piracy is sharing freedom. Why would you not talk to people about Linux? (plus the torrenting tools are just so much more efficient there...)