985
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Senseibu@feddit.uk to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

Update: 17th June 23: We are now past 150,000 users.

πŸŽ‰ πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

GET READY FOR JULY 1st


Update: We are now past 140,000 users. Growth is still accelerating.


When I checked yesterday it was 91,000 users, it’s now 109,000 and counting up fast!

100,000 πŸŽ‰

Stats can be found here: https://the-federation.info/platform/73 - this site has been hugged to death for the moment.

Stats can also be found here: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] smokinjoe@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

I love being a part of stuff like this.

It took reddit years and years to get to what it is today (well ... a week ago), and I'm excited to be a part of something like that again.

[-] DVD@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

It's all of our jobs to build this place up to what Reddit used to be. Definitely attainable. My only concern is that the more technical part of Lemmy (federated and what not) will shrink the site's critical mass and thus prevent it from being a major player on the internet.

But then again, that excuse was heard back when the current status quo of websites were taking off.

[-] ElectricCattleman@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I think it needs a critical mass to keep enough content flowing, but being a major player on the Internet isn't as desirable as it once was. A few million active users would be plenty. Once you get to Reddits size, undesirables are attracted... Companies want to advertise, governments take notice, news companies comment about everyday BS, and "investors" want to buy it and find ways to monetizing.

[-] DVD@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Good point. Once a website is too noticeable, it is much more scrutinized. This has been seen countless times and its much harder to have the free flow of information when everyone is in on it. Then again though, that's why there are hundreds of instances, you can drop ship in the mainstream one and take a quieter approach.

[-] justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Don't forget scammers. The sub I was a regular in had 900k+ members and there were scam bots trying to farm karma with reposts, selling fake merch with stolen art etc. constantly, sometimes multiple at once. That basically never happened to the smaller subs I regularily visited, as they apparently weren't "interesting" enough for those people. ...and I have the feeling that this issue will get only worse with the planned reddit changes and whatnot, but that's no longer my concern.

[-] Senseibu@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

They said the same about crypto, but look at it now

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Crypto is sullied by the profit motive, which Lemmy lacks; I have high hopes for the fediverse

[-] Senseibu@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Speaking the truth there mate

[-] Zetaphor@zemmy.cc 2 points 2 years ago

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, it's still a niche interest and carries a lot of negative stigma, much of which is rightly deserved

[-] c2h6@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Most importantly, contribute to the discussion and start discussion threads!!

If everyone sits around watching the party, refugees are gonna come, take a look around, see all the "yeah we beat reddit" posts and nothing else, get bored and leave.

[-] TicklishRocket@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Yup. As the saying goes, Rome wasn't built in a day. Gonna take some time.

this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
985 points (99.6% liked)

Lemmy.World Announcements

28381 readers
703 users here now

This Community is intended for posts about the Lemmy.world server by the admins.

Follow us for server news 🐘

Outages πŸ”₯

https://status.lemmy.world

For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community.

Support e-mail

Any support requests are best sent to info@lemmy.world e-mail.

Report contact

Donations πŸ’—

If you would like to make a donation to support the cost of running this platform, please do so at the following donation URLs.

If you can, please use / switch to Ko-Fi, it has the lowest fees for us

Ko-Fi (Donate)

Bunq (Donate)

Open Collective backers and sponsors

Patreon

Join the team

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS