Comment on Is Lemmy growing or shrinking?
rimu@piefed.social 6 months ago
It's too early to say, as the method of accounting for 'active user' changed recently.
Seems to me like Lemmy is "consolidating". Some people are leaving but the community is deepening in norms, understanding, commitment and cohesion. This shows up as better content and discussions all the time. Spam is snuffed out quickly, more communities have better moderators. Our infrastructure is maturing and the software is getting better.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats
Theses stats are a bit weird to read and idk how trustworthy they are, but generally i would agree because even though total active user count might be stagnant, the comment and post numbers are steadily growing.
h3ndrik@feddit.de 6 months ago
The total user count is meaningless. Look at the monthly active users. That gives a good picture. And those are the correct links and graphs.
(The total users mainly show how the Reddit exodus happened. Lots of people made an account and used it once. Thus the steep incline in users. But they’re not real, just zombie records. Also it’s heavily affected by instances moving, shutting down or doing maintenance. Also lots of people here have multiple accounts. And there is some degree of farming and bot records…)
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Thats what i said, whether you filter by day or by month or whatever is a different question.
h3ndrik@feddit.de 6 months ago
Hehe, now I get you. But I don’t think there is something like “total active…” 😆 It’s either the active users or the total amount…
Wiz@midwest.social 6 months ago
We need to up our stats. Get some AI bots in here posting content!
/s
slumberlust@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Let’s charge 8$/month for verification maybe add a checkmark so people know!
WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 6 months ago
The Reddit strategy? Genius!
Wiz@midwest.social 6 months ago
Thank you. I’m glad you could see my vision. Now please give me money for my new Lemmy IPO idea.