▲ 928 ▼ Average Lemmy Active Users by Month (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Guster@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 480 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats&months=6
[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 44 points 2 years ago (15 children) It really should. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 15 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago (4 children) Strong agree permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) I can see the arguments for both, to be honest. Ideally I'd like to be able to see statistics for both. Active Users and Active Contributors? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You can already see how many posts and comments users make. Isn’t that the same? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, as mentioned that is also covered by the Monthly Active Users metric that already is available. But in addition to that, I think it would be interesting to see the number of users who read and vote but don't post or comment. Even though posting and commenting is the biggest part, actively voting is still an important part of the ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago True, could be nice to see data on content consumers, and not just the content creators. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ategon@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children) I changed the algorithms in programming.dev to take into account voters in the activity. Since stats are all calculated locally you can view any community from programming.dev to get the monthly active users including that change e.g. https://programming.dev/c/technology@lemmy.world shows 27.8k users/month on p.d which is almost as much as the value here for all of lemmy excluding voters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) That's crazy! User/month goes from only 7.5k active to 27.8k. And that's just people voting. What about people who only read a post? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ategon@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Dont have access to those stats in the database so adding on voting is the best I can do Theres a post read table but its only people who have explicitly marked something as read and is way less than the post likes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do posts get marked as read when you read the comments? There's the x new comments feature, so something must be storing that timestamp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ategon@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* I dug through the code and turns out the post read table does store when its read (with number of comments when it was read stored in a person post aggregates table), it just only stores it for people from your instance so I cant get accurate numbers from all of lemmy (and why it seemed like there was a low amount) permalink fedilink source parent [–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !technology@lemmy.world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] irreticent@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) !vintageLA@lemmy.world *edit: so, that seems to not have worked in the Boost app. Is it a link for anyone else? vintagela@lemmy.world That doesn't seem to make a hyperlink either. /c/vintagela@lemmy.world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnActOfCreation@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) All three of those work in Thunder! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! I guess it's just a bug in Boost. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Agreed. Lurkers are what keep these sites alive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 years ago (4 children) Strong agree permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) I can see the arguments for both, to be honest. Ideally I'd like to be able to see statistics for both. Active Users and Active Contributors? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You can already see how many posts and comments users make. Isn’t that the same? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, as mentioned that is also covered by the Monthly Active Users metric that already is available. But in addition to that, I think it would be interesting to see the number of users who read and vote but don't post or comment. Even though posting and commenting is the biggest part, actively voting is still an important part of the ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago True, could be nice to see data on content consumers, and not just the content creators. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) I can see the arguments for both, to be honest. Ideally I'd like to be able to see statistics for both. Active Users and Active Contributors? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You can already see how many posts and comments users make. Isn’t that the same? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, as mentioned that is also covered by the Monthly Active Users metric that already is available. But in addition to that, I think it would be interesting to see the number of users who read and vote but don't post or comment. Even though posting and commenting is the biggest part, actively voting is still an important part of the ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago True, could be nice to see data on content consumers, and not just the content creators. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) You can already see how many posts and comments users make. Isn’t that the same? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, as mentioned that is also covered by the Monthly Active Users metric that already is available. But in addition to that, I think it would be interesting to see the number of users who read and vote but don't post or comment. Even though posting and commenting is the biggest part, actively voting is still an important part of the ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago True, could be nice to see data on content consumers, and not just the content creators. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, as mentioned that is also covered by the Monthly Active Users metric that already is available. But in addition to that, I think it would be interesting to see the number of users who read and vote but don't post or comment. Even though posting and commenting is the biggest part, actively voting is still an important part of the ecosystem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago True, could be nice to see data on content consumers, and not just the content creators. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 1 point 2 years ago True, could be nice to see data on content consumers, and not just the content creators. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ategon@programming.dev 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children) I changed the algorithms in programming.dev to take into account voters in the activity. Since stats are all calculated locally you can view any community from programming.dev to get the monthly active users including that change e.g. https://programming.dev/c/technology@lemmy.world shows 27.8k users/month on p.d which is almost as much as the value here for all of lemmy excluding voters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) That's crazy! User/month goes from only 7.5k active to 27.8k. And that's just people voting. What about people who only read a post? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ategon@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Dont have access to those stats in the database so adding on voting is the best I can do Theres a post read table but its only people who have explicitly marked something as read and is way less than the post likes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do posts get marked as read when you read the comments? There's the x new comments feature, so something must be storing that timestamp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ategon@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* I dug through the code and turns out the post read table does store when its read (with number of comments when it was read stored in a person post aggregates table), it just only stores it for people from your instance so I cant get accurate numbers from all of lemmy (and why it seemed like there was a low amount) permalink fedilink source parent [–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !technology@lemmy.world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] irreticent@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) !vintageLA@lemmy.world *edit: so, that seems to not have worked in the Boost app. Is it a link for anyone else? vintagela@lemmy.world That doesn't seem to make a hyperlink either. /c/vintagela@lemmy.world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnActOfCreation@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) All three of those work in Thunder! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! I guess it's just a bug in Boost. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) That's crazy! User/month goes from only 7.5k active to 27.8k. And that's just people voting. What about people who only read a post? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ategon@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Dont have access to those stats in the database so adding on voting is the best I can do Theres a post read table but its only people who have explicitly marked something as read and is way less than the post likes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do posts get marked as read when you read the comments? There's the x new comments feature, so something must be storing that timestamp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ategon@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* I dug through the code and turns out the post read table does store when its read (with number of comments when it was read stored in a person post aggregates table), it just only stores it for people from your instance so I cant get accurate numbers from all of lemmy (and why it seemed like there was a low amount) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ategon@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Dont have access to those stats in the database so adding on voting is the best I can do Theres a post read table but its only people who have explicitly marked something as read and is way less than the post likes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do posts get marked as read when you read the comments? There's the x new comments feature, so something must be storing that timestamp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ategon@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* I dug through the code and turns out the post read table does store when its read (with number of comments when it was read stored in a person post aggregates table), it just only stores it for people from your instance so I cant get accurate numbers from all of lemmy (and why it seemed like there was a low amount) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Do posts get marked as read when you read the comments? There's the x new comments feature, so something must be storing that timestamp. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ategon@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* I dug through the code and turns out the post read table does store when its read (with number of comments when it was read stored in a person post aggregates table), it just only stores it for people from your instance so I cant get accurate numbers from all of lemmy (and why it seemed like there was a low amount) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ategon@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* I dug through the code and turns out the post read table does store when its read (with number of comments when it was read stored in a person post aggregates table), it just only stores it for people from your instance so I cant get accurate numbers from all of lemmy (and why it seemed like there was a low amount) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world [B] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !technology@lemmy.world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] irreticent@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) !vintageLA@lemmy.world *edit: so, that seems to not have worked in the Boost app. Is it a link for anyone else? vintagela@lemmy.world That doesn't seem to make a hyperlink either. /c/vintagela@lemmy.world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnActOfCreation@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) All three of those work in Thunder! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! I guess it's just a bug in Boost. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) !vintageLA@lemmy.world *edit: so, that seems to not have worked in the Boost app. Is it a link for anyone else? vintagela@lemmy.world That doesn't seem to make a hyperlink either. /c/vintagela@lemmy.world permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AnActOfCreation@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) All three of those work in Thunder! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! I guess it's just a bug in Boost. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnActOfCreation@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) All three of those work in Thunder! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! I guess it's just a bug in Boost. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Thanks! I guess it's just a bug in Boost. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Agreed. Lurkers are what keep these sites alive. permalink fedilink source parent