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[-] dgmib@lemmy.world 451 points 10 months ago

Total monthly posts exploded after Spez enshitified Reddit, and is still growing steadily month over month.

That suggests that the current decline in monthly active users is primarily because lurkers who only came to lemmy after initially hearing about it on Reddit, went back to lurking Reddit.

The number of users that are contributors is still growing, and that’s what’s important.

[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 121 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the positive news!!

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 88 points 10 months ago

There’s also folks like me who came, 15 years on Reddit and I haven’t been back.

Those of us who actually interacted with the platform and left aren’t going back.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 28 points 10 months ago

Yep, arrived during the initial digg exodus, had tens of thousands of posts at Reddit, modded two subreddits. Closed my account the day during the protests and haven’t been back.

I’m not as active here, mostly due to a busier life but found a new home anyway.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago

I'm close to that too, but I think mine was 13 years. The weird thing that I've noticed is that most of the time I was on Reddit, almost no one I talked to in real life used Reddit. I struggled for years to try to get people to check the site out. Now that I left, I swear I hear someone I know mention Reddit exponentially more often. The average person doesn't give a damn about how shitty the platform has become, because they weren't around to see what it used to be. The average person WANTS to see ads interspersed with their cookie cutter content with stupid ass features like chat and followers. Good riddance.

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[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 62 points 10 months ago

I'm yet to encounter the majority of issues I hear Lemmings griping about. Everyone has been pretty civil toward me. Every time my inbox blows up I feel dread, only to open it and find zero confrontation or vitriol. I'm not running into any racists, sexists, bigots, etc., and I certainly haven't noticed a decline in content (I browse Top ~6 Hours).

I realize my personal experience doesn't equate to these problems not existing, but I do get the strong impression that people are exaggerating greatly.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

Exactly my experience as well. Sure, I don't have infinite scroll, but I also don't feel like an algorithm is trying to make me angry. When I get responses, they're typically thoughtful or on topic.

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[-] greenfish@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

I'm still seeing so much growth in new content and communities, idk if the raw number of users is the metric we even should care about. Is it the best measure of quality?

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[-] BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 172 points 10 months ago

Smaller communities aren't necessarily a bad thing. Compared to reddit I rarely feel like I'm commenting into the void.

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 85 points 10 months ago

Or into the thunderdome where no matter what you say, someone will fight you for it

[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 10 months ago

Them's fightin' words, pal!

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[-] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 107 points 10 months ago

There's hundreds of us! Hundreds!

But hey, apparently that's enough, I haven't been bored on Lemmy yet. And as the enshittification of Reddit continues there might well be some other exodus.

[-] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 27 points 10 months ago

Honestly there are enough quality posts and comments here that keep me engaged. It feels like a lot of creative people made the move.

[-] CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago

Every time I go to check out reddit, I am shocked by how many right-wing psychos there are. I don't bother commenting anymore because there's so much vitriol there.

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 106 points 10 months ago

honestly it's replaced reddit for me in a good way, because it has just enough new content that I can check it before bed every day and scroll for a bit, but not enough to where I spend entire lunch breaks on it. sometimes I go days without even checking it. if anything it's made my relationship with my browser / phone healthier than reddit.

[-] lichtmetzger@feddit.de 30 points 10 months ago

Exactly. Lemmy is an anti-doomscrolling platform and that's very healthy and amazing.

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[-] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 96 points 10 months ago

Reddit is like that ex the whole lemmy isn't over yet while loudly drunkenly screaming "I'm so over them!".

Advice: focus on yourself and your content.

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

me unloading every meme I've ever stolen because it drives engagement

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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

Nah, fuck spez forever. That sentiment should never die. I hope a decade after reddit goes bankrupt, he can't leave his home without getting the phrase screamed at him

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[-] Rekonok@sh.itjust.works 72 points 10 months ago

Being on Lemmy make me realise I was addicted to the front page of r*ddit having something new everytime I refreshed

Now I sort by top/6hours - reduced my screen time and see more quality things

It will be sad if peoples leave but if the top stay It is enough

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[-] hirogen@lemmy.world 64 points 10 months ago

Lurker here. This is my first post. I ain't leaving either.

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[-] lost_in_the_bewilderness@lemmy.ca 62 points 10 months ago

I've been thoroughly enjoying Lemmy much more than I did Reddit. I find it's overall less toxic and I'm therefore engaging more instead of just lurking.

One criticism, though: I really do not like the communities that use bots to copy over posts and comments from Reddit. I see no value in commenting or engaging on those posts as the original poster is not present for discussion. It's also kind of weird that the original posters are most likely not aware their post and its comments have been copied elsewhere and may be having further engagement.

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

Let's be honest it works for memes. Memes are 99% of the time just reposted garbage anyways.

For everything else though, I agree. Bots shouldn't be used

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[-] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 19 points 10 months ago

I'm fine with the post especially in niche communities just to keep them alive. But yeah comments seem useless.

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[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 62 points 10 months ago

Honestly, good. The Internet was better when people were spread out across many small message board and chat rooms. The golden age of the Internet was when you'd do a search for something and 500 different forms and little websites would pop up.

Now's it's all reddit, "X," and shitty corporate owned nonsense. We turned 2020 Internet into 90's cable TV.

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[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago

Lemmy is losing users, but Reddit is using losers.

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[-] jimbo@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago

I've been here for like 6 months now, maybe more. Posts SEEM to be getting more engagement than when I started. It definitely doesn't seem like there are fewer users.

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[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 52 points 10 months ago

To be honest I kind of like it here.

[-] comrade19@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago

My mental health is so much better than when i scrolled reddit. Everyone here is so nice and doesn't talk like 14 year olds with an ego. Also theres front page furry porn

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

I also find the limited number of posts and comments keep me at a healthy level of browsing. On Reddit I could get sucked down the rabbit hole of even one post, reading comments and replying to stuff for hours. There’s really very little of value that can ever be accomplished at that depth.

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[-] dauerstaender@feddit.de 38 points 10 months ago

Fuck u/spez and fuck Tencent.

You know what? Fuck the enshittification of the internet too.

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[-] Yamainwitch@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

I love how so many of us former reddit lurkers found a home on Lemmy/the fediverse. I have absolutely loved being a part of the greater community here, I don't know how else to describe it but it feels like my Internet home. I love all you fellow nerds. Obligatory fuck spez.

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[-] JoJoGAH@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

Organic ,non bot, actual real conversation, is not going to skyrocket. It's going to grow like a real world thing. This is good imo

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[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago

I still love Lemmy. It's nice to be able to post or comment without getting an automated response telling you you're doing 15 things wrongs for trying to participate like happens on schmeddit.

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[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 28 points 10 months ago

How many of those that we’re losing are dead alts, bots, and trolls? I’m not that alarmed.

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[-] CatTrickery@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

I use Lemmy more than I ever used Reddit. It seems to be better at finding higher quality content

[-] nixcamic@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Lemmy really feels like early Reddit right now. I mean that in a good way. And not to flex but I'm saying that as someone with a 16 year old Reddit account haha.

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[-] eluminx@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

hear hear, i left cold turkey like 4 months ago, haven't looked back.

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 23 points 10 months ago

Reddit for porn and porn only.

[-] lost_in_the_bewilderness@lemmy.ca 23 points 10 months ago

I miss Tumblr porn... nothing will ever be the same.

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[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

¥0U d0n'7 n33d t0 c3ns0r shit 1n h3r3. Th1s 1sn't th@t t!kt0k garbage.

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[-] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 22 points 10 months ago

Some of you who are complaining Lemmy are seeing though rose-tinted glasses about what reddit was like back in the day. The majority of the site was never good, and it had always had plenty of embarassing/messed up things on there that you had to sift through, but it's a different, sterile kind of bad now.

Here are a couple of reminders of what reddit was actually like, in no particular order.

  • Ron Paul
  • Faces of Atheism, "Euphoric"
  • AdviceAnimals, Rage Comics
  • Spacedicks
  • r/jailbait
  • The entire Boston bomber saga

This is why I would never admit to using reddit in public, and until recent years, I would imagine most people won't.

So if anyone complains about how the current content on Lemmy is driving people away, remember, Lemmy is positively TAME compared to this supposedly "Golden Era" of reddit.

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[-] Gomiyboy@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago

I should post more than I do. My engagement rate is low. Reddit is no longer an option.

[-] pandacoder@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Even when I'm not active on Lemmy, I am not on Reddit.

If I ever need information from Reddit (unfortunately there is still a lot of information only on Reddit...), Wayback machine I go.

Even if me requesting that Wayback machine archive a page, once it's saved we don't need to give reddit anymore clicks, Wayback machine gets the clicks instead. It's better than losing information outright.

[-] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago
[-] Shepy@feddit.uk 18 points 10 months ago

Blocked reddit on my router, to prevent accidental clickage - no intention of going back there at all

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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

IMO the constant posts about users dropping aren't from people who want Lemmy to succeed. Anecdotally I haven't noticed a major change, still seems as active if not more than when I joined. Reddit has gotten worse and worse in that time period. I have faith.

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[-] vivadanang@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

Fuck Spez, Fuck Musk too. Lemmy's better now than reddit ever was.

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