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Almost! At the time of this post, lemmy.world has a whopping 25733 users and is growing fast.

Since my last post yesterday, it has added 4000 new users, making it the clear second-largest lemmy instance out there. Also quickly catching up to lemmy.ml's 36000 (not taking new signups).

beehaw.org (3rd largest) sits at 12500 users, partly because of more restrictive registration requirements.

Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

Exciting to see all this growth!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Quick note: beehaw has defederated as of the other day

I don't think people should be encouraged to join large lemmys. The federated nature makes your home instance irrelevant for the most part, but it is harder to understand to new users than other corporate sites': GIVE EMAIL GIVE PASSWORD HERE ACCESS

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I joined Lemmy.click because the bigger instances were having timeouts when I tried to sign up. I see those issues have been resolved now, but I like the idea of keeping other instances populated.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, in theory that should spread out the server load since every post/comment/like/etc. in the communities is sent to your instance only once but can be consumed by many people, at different times of day. I do wonder how much help one- or two-person instance are, though, or if they're actually detrimental to the overall system.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea...everyone joining the same one really defeats the purpose. Now if more than beehaw defederates from them, there's going to be a mass exodus.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So, it is recommended to either join one that fits your niche or maybe to self-host?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe join a big one for general content and then supplement with smaller, niche ones.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm confused, why does it matter? Can't you view all content the same regardless of the instance you're on?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, you're absolutely right. Once you understand how to subscribe to communities in different instances, it doesn't matter much. But new users may not be familiar with the process yet, and I (probably wrongly) assumed that you were one of them. That's why I suggested the option that worked for me until I figured out federation.