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But why are you comparing Bluesky’s numbers with Lemmy’s. A more apt comparison would be against the whole Fediverse. We had ~2 million people in early 2023, and we’ve gone down since then.

We had ~2 million people in early 2023, and we’ve gone down since then

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barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That’s a great chart. It’s nice to definitive proof of what I “feel” has been happening.

I see more hateful attacks on here than I ever seen on Reddit. I like the idea of Lemmy, but Reddit seems to be more well-behaved than Lemmy.

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Skavau@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
You initially made the Bluesky comparison. And to be clear, by "Lemmy" I did mean the wider Fediverse.

In any case, Bluesky itself is also flatlining and declining anyway.

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- rglullis@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  Bluesky itself is also flatlining and declining anyway.
  
  Yeah, but my point is that they were a lot more effective in capturing mindshare when it was needed, and they didn’t see growth as compromise on their values like people do here.
  
  When the next fuckup from Big Tech comes around, do you think that people will think about going to Mastodon/Lemmy/PieFed, or they will just look at Bluesky?
  
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  - Skavau@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    The Bluesky surge happened after a massive global election result and a massive grievance from progressives/leftists over Musk and how Twitter has become. Indeed, if you think lemmy is politically partisan - then Bluesky is no different.
    
    The Reddit -> Lemmy surge happened because of some poor Reddit admin decisions.
    
    When the next fuckup from Big Tech comes around, do you think that people will think about going to Mastodon/Lemmy/PieFed, or they will just look at Bluesky?
    
    It would depend on the site origin of the fuckup. If Reddit fucks up, as a reaction - Lemmy would get many new users.
    
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    rglullis@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    The Bluesky surge happened after a massive global election result and a massive grievance from progressives/leftists over Musk and how Twitter has become
    
    Why didn’t they go to Mastodon? (hint: some of them did in 2022)
    
    If Reddit fucks up, as a reaction - Lemmy would get many new users.
    
    Or perhaps there will be some other platform that is not so afraid of growth like Lemmy is, and people will go there, just like people went to Bluesky instead of going to Mastodon?
    
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