Lemmy.World Announcements @lemmy.world MicroWave @lemmy.world 1y ago

Does lemmy.world really have 19000 users already?

Okay, it's actually 18955 at the time of this post. I'm looking at https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list and lemmy.world has already passed beehaw.org by a large margin for second place.

Can't wait for this place to start filling out!

UPDATE: 5 minutes after the post, it's now 19061. Officially more than 19000!

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I think it's growing the fastest from all the servers since you don't have to write a line or two for the application!
- It's also worth pointing out it's hosted by the same person who hosts Mastodon.world, which is a stable, trustworthy and large Mastodon instance.
  
  These were the two factors for me. I tried beehaw first, but after submitting my application and waiting an hour or so, I still couldn't get in. Whether or not the application is a good idea overall, it's a barrier to entry. With the blackout I finally decided to be a brave boy and try to figure out the fediverse, and after overcoming that major hurdle I'm met with a literal gatekeeper. I haven't bothered to check if I ultimately got in since I have am account here now.
  
  So then I'm right back to the drawing board doing searches figuring out which other servers are stable, have decent policies, aren't run by sketchy folks, etc. It was a lot, but this servers reputation having run a mastodon server is what got me to come here.
  
  I think a lot of people are like me and will get curious about lemmy and want to dive in one afternoon to see what it's about. They don't want to spend an afternoon researching like their setting up a smart home ecosystem. Then to be met with gatekeeping, your going to lose people. Maybe that's fine in the grand scheme of things.
  
  Oh for sure
- Heh writing the application was part of the fun! :D No, really, I think that at least in Beehive, it is an important step: It ensures a minimum understanding of the environment of the instance and its mission, and as long as the option to join other instances is there, why not?
  
  And it really doesn't have to be an essay. I got approved with like 8 words.
  
  I agree, having to spend a minute to write something is good, my server also does it.
It's pretty exciting! I'm really enjoying this new platform. Not filled with ads and the comments feel a lot more genuine.
- Agreed, and not full of overused jokes over and over again.
  
  Ugh that was my biggest gripe with reddit. Open a thread just to see the same 5 jokes repeated over and over in different ways to try and reap karma.
- There aren't any karma bots yet. No one is making useless comments like "this." The conversations are civil. I'm loving this community!
  
  I think the federated nature of the platform may help to reinforce those positive attributes. Unmoderated instances with low quality content are at risk of being defederated, and as evident by the mod log, the mods do enforce rules on inflammatory and low quality content.
  
  this
  
  😂😂
in just 2 days this place has exploded with content, its easier to stay away from reddit now.
- Right, I want to talk about things other than reddit.
  
  The time has finally come to talk about Rampart!
- We did it reddit
I mean, sure some are probably people making multiple accounts, but based on the speed of new posts showing up I’d believe there are at least 20k on lemmy.world. It’s the largest and most stable instance at the moment.

Personally I run my own instance and connect to the communities from there.
- Hello 👋 new to fediverse - what are the benefits of running your own and connecting in to these communities, compared to just making an account on an instance that already exists?
  
  I imagine if you run your own, you don't lose access to your account compared to if, say, your account is in lemmy.world and it goes down. Is there more to it?
  
  That's pretty much it for me. There's a lot of complexity in hosting that you don't have to do if you use someone else's instance. There's a risk that their server goes down, but most people who start big servers know what they're doing.
  
  Its also advantageous to join the instance you want to interact most in. Interacting across instances is possible but still a little buggy. It's harder to find communities, and once you do, sometimes posts don't load.
  
  In addition to that,
  
  I like the challenge of leaning new technologies and hosting my own web apps
  
  It lets me feel that I have a bit more control over my user and posts
  
  I get my own vanity domain / user address
  
  I get a good understanding of how the lemmy frontend, backend and database work (yay open-source!)
  
  I can keep my instance up to date with the latest lemmy releases (some are still running 0.17.3!)
  
  I can do some dev work and testing on my instance, if I want, without impacting others
  
  it reduces load on the main instances
  
  There’s more, but I think that’s a good enough list for now. Have a nice day!
It looks like a lot of new communities are popping up on Lemmy world so people might be joining it to post in one of the new communities.
- That's why I'm here. This place seems like it has the most consolidated niche communities
- Which communities?
  
  There are so many, you'll have to check them out
Oh no. I keep trying to move down to the next level of smaller but well-organised sites that are running smoothly, and they all keep growing like crazy. It's like I'm part of the problem or something.

Watch out feddit.uk, I'm coming for you next! You think that uptime is going to stay at 100%? Pfft.
- come on over, we have greggs, we can eat that to pass the downtime if it happens
  
  Haha, there's a tricky calculation to be done there depending on how long they've been out of the oven versus how long the downtime is if you want to avoid being over or under steak-baked.
It's crazy, in more or less 5 days as well.
Joined Monday, started two communities, subbed to what I like, and making an effort to post way more than I did elsewhere. Joined LW because lemmy.ml had issues Monday and I really didn't understand the difference. Using Jerboa on the phone, its all working way more smoothly than I thought it would
- burggit.moe is the only instance blocked by lemmy.world. what's the deal with that server?
Their server is YUGE!
And we have already the highest number of monthly active users!
OVER 19000!
- WHAT 19000??? THERES NO WAY THAT CAN BE RIGHT!!!
So, I'm still seeing a 'pending' status for mine. I signed up on both beehaw and lemmy.world, and I was really hoping to be able to help grow both, but I can't create a community on beehaw, so I'm just sitting here waiting to be approved(?) on lemmy.world to be able to do that. I think. I'm not sure I've got much of this as figured out as everyone else.
- A registration doesn't need to be approved here, you just need to verify your e-mail. (Check spam..) If there's any issue with that, mail us at [email protected] so we can assist.
- I wonder if lemmy.world mods @[email protected] or @[email protected] know anything about "pending" registration.
26,000 plus as of 15.46 gmt Came here to post new music, found no sub, oh no it community here of course, so had to make one, hoping someone comes and says it was there idea originally so I can hand it off, lol

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