• Mulkor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    This is a better metric than registered users. I’m enjoying this early stage of lemmy where everyone seems eager to use the platform. It’s giving the same vibes as the old forums I used to participate in the early days of the internet. We just need more content creators and we are set!

    • Venutian Spring@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      The comment sections have been pretty engaging in the communities that are getting established quickly, but I can’t wait for more people to start posting. I have a community for SpacePorn and it’s just me posting things and almost 100 people watching with the very rare occasional comment popping up. It’s a little frustrating feeling like I have to keep entertaining everyone, when I just want others to join in 😅.

      • miles@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I’m in a similar situation in [email protected]. Getting people engaged is a bit like getting people to dance at a party, many people want to but someone has to break the ice… things I’ve tried is pinning a post asking people to stop by and say hi, also comment on each post so there’s something to latch onto, people won’t click in with 0 comments. You can also try a joke post to break the ice, in the case of SpacePorn you could combine a picture of a galaxy and a swimsuit model and say “Am I doing this right?!?” or something; it’s stupid but hopefully it makes someone laugh.

      • Overzeetop@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve got a piece of glass (fused silica, actually) that’s flown on multiple shuttle missions. Does that count?

        * To be clear it’s a piece of glass from a 1” thick experiment window that failed it’s flaw growth recertification test (mostly due to human error) after being used several times. It was the biggest piece left after the explosion. 😁

      • WheatleyInc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Made the !half_life community yesterday and it does feel like this. The only other post is a post my friend made so I could promote him to moderator. I don’t have much experience so I’m not sure I’m able to fully understand your situation though.

    • jcit878@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      yep! I’m not much of a conversation starter but love diving into comments, let’s hope it keeps growing

      • caut_R@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Same. I‘m missing a lot of niche hobby subs (duh) over here which I’m mainly active on, and that‘s about it, honestly. Design and performance could be a lot better too. I‘ll stick around and see where it goes.

  • SoPunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Woot woot!

    I’ve been commenting here more than I did on Reddit where I lurked accountless on old.reddit, let’s hope the trend continues.

      • SoPunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Ps, I just saw how many posts you’ve created and wanted to thank you for all the effort you are putting in here. I spend a ton of time surfing, and appreciate all the work that the technical people are doing to allow us to have a new home.

          • SoPunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Trying too. I think a free social media place to exchange ideas is incredibly important for democracy etc all that stuff.

      • SoPunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Exactly. This right here is a microcosm of that. I discussed poetry with someone last night. I haven’t discussed that in years! It’s nice here.

  • Jenga@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Much better statistic than total users due to all the spam bots recently created.

    • eselover@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I tend to sort by new and all, and it seems like the majority is bots copying posts over from reddit, they have original link to the post on Reddit but there is the bot disclaimer on a lot of posts recently. Maybe it will die down a little once these bots move all the data from reddit to lemmy

  • OutrageousUmpire@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    It’s good to see. On June 30/July 1 we’re likely to see another big influx of users when the Reddit API changes go into effect and Apollo et al shut down.

  • s4if@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Finally, a useful stats as total user count skewed by bot spam.
    Speaking of bots, they are still inactive aren’t they?

    • Ryumast3r@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      For the most part they seem to be. There’s an instance with like 50k “users” but only 10 active, which tells me the bots are registering but most aren’t being used yet.

      • s4if@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It is a bit unnerving to have bots to human ratio that high on the network. I hope they will never activated and many compromized servers get cleaned before something bad happens.

  • Anarch157a@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Next part of the Fediverse I’d like to see grow like that is PeerTube, so we can flip the Red Site a (few thaousands of) middle finger.

    • gccalvin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I think that is more complicated, as the channels need to generate revenue. Additionally, videos take up much more storage, and there is no option to select an instance like Lemmy. I only see options to selfhost.

      • Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’m not sure what you mean about no option to select an instance. Here is an example instance with open signups: https://libre.video. You can find more here: https://the-federation.info/platform/29

        Youtubers could gradually switch to PeerTube by uploading videos to both sites for now. They would make money the same way they do currently - through sponsorships and donations. I’m sure many of them can afford to host their own instance. It would actually benefit them, because if YouTube suddenly bans them for some reason, they would have an alternative that their fans would know about.