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we need more users (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 7 months ago* by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I've been one of the people saying "we don't need more users. we need quality over quantity" and i was wrong.

the way it's going, lemmy needs active users who post content sothat the network stays relevant. networks like the fediverse benefit from network effects and that means that if we have more users, that improves the value and quality of the fediverse overall.

So please, everyone, when you can, make advertisement for the fediverse in your personal area. Go talk to friends, make attractive stickers and put them everywhere, stuff like that. We would all benefit from it.

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[–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This would struggle due to reddit API and compute power requirements

IIRC the EU released a law a few months ago that forces big internet communication platforms to open their API to third-party clients.

this applied to whatsapp i think, i'm not sure whether it also applies to reddit but it might be worth investigating if somebody has too much time on their hands :P

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Well technically Reddits API is open to third party clients, it just became prohibitively expensive around the exodus...

    Does the new ruling include provisions for where the API has been made functionally unusable? It definitely could, but I wouldn't be surprised if they missed that.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Reddit would probably sooner just lop off their entire EU userbase than comply.

    No offense to Europeans because I love y'all, but you are a drop in the bucket for global (English) internet usage.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I think you would be surprised. Obviously UK (if you include it here) would do some heavy lifting for English-language users in Europe using Reddit, a massive chunk of Europe can communicate perfectly well in English on social media platforms and do - and you wouldn't know they aren't American or Anglo unless a topic came up where they would say it, or if you asked them.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    To the best of my recollection the last I've seen bits of traffic data here and there, it's large, but not large in comparison to the US and India.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Where does Reddit share data on country of origin for its users?

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    To moderators. I want to say even to regular users if your comment/post gets enough traction on New Reddit, i.e. hundreds or thousands of views.

    Other, similar websites also show such data to those in privileged positions as well. If they're pretty sure you're not a bot, they give it freely. Whatever tier above "average user" and especially "a person interested in growing the website out of self-interest" a given website has, it'll probably be available. I'm sure you can imagine a half dozen that are on the money.

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