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Lemmy.world active users is tapering off while other servers are gaining serious traction. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/general@lemmy.world
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Seems to me the fear of overloading one instance over another will not happen after all.

But I do hope the Threadiverse can hit 500,000 consistent active users by the end of summer.

Give me that hopium guys! 💉

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

I’m with you except for the “whether folks are discussing anything interesting to you.” So maybe I’m not understanding that part. On Memmy, or Wefwef, or a variety of apps, I’m fed posts from all different instances so it really doesn’t matter to me what instance is my home base provided that I agree with the moderation style and they are fully federated. Is it just because I’m using a third-party app that my choice of home base doesn’t matter as much?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    So, it's a subtle detail and may not matter for many folks, but your instance choice affects your remote communities via the All feed, as the people there choose which of those to subscribe to & presumably discuss the posts there & post there themselves. It's something that isn't as clear on Lemmy yet as many instances are more general subject than focused at the moment and communities are still in the works, but it's really clear on smaller Mastodon instances.

    Easy example would be like a tech or programming instance that strictly limits the creation of their local communities, e.g. programming.dev. Off the bat you know a lot of discussion there's to do with programming, and in turn there's a decent chance that many of the communities people follow through there may also be programming or tech related, so the all feed may have a largely tech/programming focus to it.

    As time goes on, you may see more focused instances with stricter sign-ups specifically to ensure their all feed relates more to their community's focus, but honestly probably not too many as people enjoy flexibility in their posting.

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