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Lemmy.world has grown by about 66.6% since reddit's API shutdown (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Lemmy.world grew from about 51k users when third-party reddit apps started to shut down to about 84.8k users at the time of this post.

Definitely felt some growing pains in the past few days, but it's great to see the platform more active now that things have become more stable.

So, welcome reddit expats!

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[–] 9 points 3 years ago (8 children)

Try another instance, as close to your home as possible.

You can browse the map here https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    That’s really neat but the closest servers are private, lol.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I wouldn't sweat so much picking a close server as long as it has enough users to be around for a while, reasonable rules, and isn't under too much strain. Just by getting off the big servers, you'll have a much faster experience and access to the same content.

    I moved from lemmy.world to this one that specializes in my interests, and it's running great.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Good tips! I should have explained a bit more, but by getting a server as close as possible, your ping should theoretically be lower than an instance that's far from you (I know, the internet is not a straight line to the server).

    The best way to test this is by pinging the server in a CMD prompt/terminal.

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