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Posted in r/RedditAlternatives by u/vriska1 • 328 points and 79 comments
  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    While I agree that we couldn’t accommodate 500k new users overnight, we could probably accommodate 50k new users, provided they were spread across many instances (and not just lemmy.world).

    While slow and steady growth is better, I think we should take any situation where Reddit messes up as an opportunity to onboard more users.

    • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      For sure, I’m a big fan of the effort you’re making here!

      There’s just a huge difference between reaching out to a few users and communities telling them there is a better alternative, and a significant portion of the Reddit hive mind suddenly deciding that they want to give Lemmy a try. So as frustrated I am to see people dream about Digg, I’m also kinda cool with it.

      According to Fediverse observer, Lemmy has grown by 7400 active monthly users this month (since March 1). That’s almost 300 users per day, compared to very little growth the months before. The users who joined the last 25 days make up 13.5% of all our active users. Pretty cool.