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

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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[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Is this really just the "backup site"? Boo, I say. Boooooo.

Also, wasn't Reddit banning links to Lemmy or something? Maybe that was only in the run-up to the IPO?

Edit: elsewhere in this thread people are saying that trying to link to lemmy.world fails, and trying to link to lemmy.ml fails, but you can still link to other lemmy instances?

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 4 days ago

It's not really the backup since last year, but the primary, but reddit won't let me shut down /r/piracy and the other mods who took over my top spot after reddit removed me still believe in reddit, so they refuse to leave and call lemmy still the backup.

[-] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 days ago

reddit actually defended the piracy subreddit? lmao

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

Yep. I made a point to troll then with that at the time.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago
[-] jgrim@discuss.online 2 points 2 days ago

/r/nerf created their communities on my instance for a migration but their base wasn't a fan so they only use !nerf@discuss.online as a backup.

Mods try but people are not open to change.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Well, you know those guys are extremists. Their slogan is literally "It's Nerf or Nothin'!"

[-] jgrim@discuss.online 3 points 2 days ago

I feel sad that more people don't get to see this comment.

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