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Lemmy has quickly surpassed 100k users. (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Senseibu@feddit.uk to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Update: We are now past 140,000 users. Growth is still accelerating.

When I checked yesterday it was 91,000 users, it’s now 109,000 and counting up fast!

100,000 🎉

Stats can be found here: https://the-federation.info/platform/73 - this site has been hugged to death for the moment.

Stats can also be found here: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats

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[-] halo5@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago

I actually like the interface a LOT better than (old) Reddit. I refused to use the new interface because "yuck!" and old.reddit.com doesn't have a "dark mode," so I view this as an upgrade, visually (along with other UX aspects). I'm definitely sticking!

[-] jalda@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 years ago

RES has (had?) a dark mode for old reddit.

[-] steakfries@lemmy.one 19 points 2 years ago

yep it does. RES was such a great addon made by such cool people. Cant wait to see the kind of things those people are making for Lemmy.

[-] Senseibu@feddit.uk 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Someones already made a browser extension that simplifies hyperlinking to other instance’s communities across the Lemmyverse.

https://feddit.uk/post/9352

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[-] Rick@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago

I expect an even larger jump when on July 1s and onwards, that is where a lot of growth will come from.

[-] dmegatool@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 years ago

This. Like the apps are still there functioning. I uninstalled Boost and Apollo as my thumb kept clicking on them...

[-] IanM32@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

I'm gonna miss Boost so bad.

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[-] azura@fedia.io 44 points 2 years ago

Don't forget us kbin users too! We're all in the same boat now

[-] lp0101@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

kbin.social still isn't federating, right? I wasn't able to access communities @kbin.social from Lemmy

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[-] UsualMap@fedia.io 15 points 2 years ago

Indeed! That's the beautiful thing about this whole decentralised magic. You can use the app (not just mobile app) that best suits you and your interests, and interact with anyone, anywhere.

It's wonderful honestly.

[-] azura@fedia.io 24 points 2 years ago

it warms my heart to see so many people slowly figuring this out. This is what the internet was meant to be all along.

[-] FermatsLastAccount@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Might be a dumb question, but I don't see how I can interact with Kbin from Lemmy.

If I search for communities, I can see ones from other instances but not any from Kbin.

[-] darius@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

On kbin.social specifically, federation is currently broken. The server saw a lot of stress because of the influx of new users and the dev turned on the cloudflare check, so that instance won't kneel down. That broke the federation, other instances cannot go through that check.

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[-] dimspace@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago

Its now at, um, Users: 112113.5

who is the .5?

[-] Rick@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

I have one leg mb

[-] dimspace@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

consider this my half comment to try and ba..

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[-] sparky@lemmy.pt 39 points 2 years ago

This is amazing news. I’m thinking we’ve reached critical mass where it’s going to be self sustaining and worth using.

[-] Tilted@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago

Really impressive! Also the overall vibe is super positive. Hope it keeps growing. There is a lot of potential.

[-] Kushan@beehaw.org 32 points 2 years ago

As one of those new users, I'm loving the potential of Lemmy and I'm enjoying finding my way around, but it definitely needs some UX enhancements, especially around federated communities.

[-] communist@beehaw.org 33 points 2 years ago

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1113

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1048

They're coming!

[-] Kushan@beehaw.org 15 points 2 years ago

Good to know! I expected that an influx of users would propel development, hopefully that momentum keeps up.

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago

That's over 9000!

[-] 65535@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I think we're still a little bit short of 8.0995899866e+31681 users.

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[-] Senseibu@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago

Nearly up to 20k new users in last 24 hours, it’s accelerating!

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[-] Panda@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Wow! And it was around 11000 last weekend?! This is great!

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[-] synodic@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Very interesting. Anyone know why there was a huge drop in Total users for Lemmy from Nov 3 to Nov 4, 2022?. Total users went from 55178 to 37901.

[-] wintersummerland@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 years ago

The great dying of Nov 3rd ofc

[-] nrezcm@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Not to be confused with the second great dying of Nov 4th.

[-] alectrocute@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Never forget.

[-] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 14 points 2 years ago

I mean we are called Lemmings for a reason. You didn't get that memo?

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[-] Artanis@feddit.it 24 points 2 years ago

40 million more to go! \o/

[-] Senseibu@feddit.uk 28 points 2 years ago

Reddit wasn’t built in a day :)

[-] LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Let's hope it falls within a day.

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[-] smokinjoe@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

I love being a part of stuff like this.

It took reddit years and years to get to what it is today (well ... a week ago), and I'm excited to be a part of something like that again.

[-] DVD@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

It's all of our jobs to build this place up to what Reddit used to be. Definitely attainable. My only concern is that the more technical part of Lemmy (federated and what not) will shrink the site's critical mass and thus prevent it from being a major player on the internet.

But then again, that excuse was heard back when the current status quo of websites were taking off.

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[-] Nanayozuki@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I just joined today. Taking refuge from Reddit. I hope this community builds up!

[-] sdrawk@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I haven't used Reddit in years, but I moved here because my brother, a regular Redditor, informed me of this neat alternative and I felt like checking it out. Hopefully many are doing the same. Otherwise I lurk in old-school forums. I prefer the Reddit model though, so I quite like this Fediverse.

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[-] a_crappy_pirate@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

the community over on reddit saw the shape that shit's gonna turn next month and now we're all scattering and looking for places to land. this platform is close enough to what we came from that heaps of us are landing here.

this is the busiest instance, by the way. not sure about other people but i'm maintaining an account on this instance separate to my primary account simply because i can access stuff faster from here

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[-] OptimusPrime@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We are at 5k monthly active users. I find that stat more interesting.

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats

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[-] domage@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh boy! By the way, there is such a huge ammount of fediverse services... By the way, WTF is Misskey? And how is has 1M users?

[-] SuperIce@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Misskey looks a lot like a federated Twitter alternative, kinda like Mastodon. It seems to be Chinese, which might be why most of us have never heard of it and why it has so many users.

[-] matthieu_xyz@piaille.fr 19 points 2 years ago

@SuperIce @domage
Misskey is a Japanese twitter-like. It’s actually older than mastodon and very popular in Japan specifically. They have custom emoji reactions under posts, they have animation and advanced markdown, they can have cat ears on their profile pictures, THEY HAVE QUOTE REPOST, chat, advanced search features, etc.

Misskey have been forked multiple times (foudkey, calckey, etc.) and those forks are more popular in English-speaking communities.

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[-] Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Not gonna lie in the last 3 days I've commented and had good engagement than I've had for months on Reddit. Also day 3 with no reddit for me.