Created on June 1 of this year, lemmy.world quickly grew to 51k users and then blew up after reddit’s API debacle on July 1, doubling to a whopping 100k in just 9 days later!

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    1 year ago

    I’ve only been using Lenny for a day and a half, but I’ve been having a great time. The memes are 10/10 and everything else is coming together nicely. This is already my Reddit replacement, genuinely.

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    1 year ago

    Well I’m loving Lemmy.world so far. Feels refreshing in here.

    I wasn’t commenting much on Reddit, but in here I feel like participating.

    Congrats and thanks Lemmy.world admin @[email protected]

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    1 year ago

    Pretty sure Lemmy is getting a ton of reddit users now that they pretty much ruined the user experience by making 3rd party app developers to pay money to use their api.

    I just created an account here… I won’t be returning to reddit!

    • KuchiKopi@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Welcome to the Fediverse. To acknowledge your arrival, please accept the Lemmy Lemon Basket award.

      🍋🧺

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      1 year ago

      Went from lurker to user today actually. It wasn’t even the apps it was just the awful attitude towards users.

  • Zed@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What the hell ? Feels like it was sitting at 30k just a couple days ago, insane growth.

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    1 year ago

    The third party app I used for reddit said that this is the platform they were going to focus on. That’s why I came. Those are the people I want to support. The people that make the experience better. Once they release an app I’ll buy it first day

    • Parakeet@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Sync for reddit show such message, can’t waut for it to switch to Lemmy.

      Also feel free to support Lemmy itself by donating to the project

      • rr1991@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yep, same. That’s why I’m here now. On the Connect app though, but it feels similar to Sync.

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    1 year ago

    I just signed up the other day once I discovered the dev for Sync was starting development on a Lemmy app.

    I wanted to ask regular Lemmy users… What is your opinion on the influx of people from Reddit? Do you fear it will change the social atmosphere here, or do you welcome new users to the community?

    I’ve seen plenty of posts venting about Reddit already, and I imagine that’ll probably get tiring really fast for long lasting Lemmy users (Lemmyers?)

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      First, it is not just lemmy, it is the fediverse (replying to you from kbin.social - my preferred cup of tea). Second, I see that the mostly good people/posters are leaving Reddit, I do not see, for example, personal attacks when people disagree here in fediverse, I see no removed/moderated comments or posts. I am sure it happens here too, it is just so rare… it reminds me of the days of mass migration from digg. So, at least for now I think this is great, and it separates people who are ready to stand for principles from the rest. Welcome.

      • Metal Zealot @lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I agree, the vibe has generally been more upbeat and optimistic, with the occasional venting. Thank you for the welcome! I’m still figuring out how the fediverse works, but it makes sense more or less. Hopefully more people can see the benefit of truly being in control of your content you put out, as well as the content that you see.

    • MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yea so far it’s great. I’d imagine once it’s easier to access, well see a slow decline in quality discourse and content, but that’s all things, so I’m just enjoying the moment tbh.

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        1 year ago

        hopefully the principles of federated networking will help keep that to a minimum though? It’ll be interesting to see how people that are used to Twitter/Reddit will adapt to their counterparts when theyre so used to being kept in a very defined box.

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    1 year ago

    Good for you lemmy.world, congrats!

    BTW, lemmy.world is #1 in the node sort by total users at the-federation.info

    Now the trick is to keep the instance running well with that crazy high user load.

    • bemenaker@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The devs have been working their butts off. They make post with complete transparency about their growing pains. The devs of leemy.world and others get together and troubleshoot as a team, especially lemmy.ml. everything is posted on GitHub. It’s awesome to see and support. I’ve been here for about four weeks now, and it has been fun to watch it grow, and participate in the user community.

  • Spectator@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Just a week and a half ago, we were celebrating going from #2 to #1 most populous instance. And just 2 weeks before that, I had no idea what a lemmy was.

    It’s like catching a nice surf wave.

    • Kurroth@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The reposting has gotten to a whole new level, and the amount of content pulled straight from tiktok and twitter has increased. Also started to see some very uncanny subreddits climbing into r/all.

      I’m done loading that place all together pretty much.