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Does it matter if Lemmy is losing users? I haven't noticed my feeds losing active users even if it's down across the fediverse. Besides they'll be back the next time Reddit has another unpopular decision which should take about another 3 months
I think it very much matters WHY Lemmy is losing users. If it's a fixable problem, well then we should fix it gahdamnit
I think it's hard to maintain a critical mass in an anonymous social media/aggregator. You need enough fresh content to satisfy users, and you need enough users to provide that user driven content.
If you're only in the popular Lemmy channels then you probably wouldn't notice the users leaving, but the small communities are the first to go.
The main problem is just that it's harder to get started with it than it is to just hop on another social media site and browse. It requires a bit of effort, and that's like being second to start a race. It's always going to be hard to catch up.
Good point
Exactly. I would never have guessed Lemmy is losing users if every other meme wasn't about it. Stuff still seems just as lively now as it was a couple months ago.
It's weird right? I checked the active user monthly and across the lemmyverse it's indeed plunging slowly, but the content seems to be growing despite that, significantly better than from june to august.
Though the instance i'm on is very slow.
plunging slowly
Thanks for a new oxymoron
It's like highspeed trainwreck in slow motion.
I wonder if it's just instances going down for a while, I know the one i am on goes down every now and then, and sometimes takes over a week to get back and running. I could see something like that causing the active users to fluctuate, especially if they wait a month before realizing their instance wasn't deleted.
Hmm, might not be, because as long as someone commented/posted in that month it count as active user, so basically as long as the instance is up and someone is posting/commenting, it will count. I feels like it's mostly barely active people stop showing up, so a slow decline is seen for this two months