• tristar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Could it also be due to load/server issues? When I have trouble with page loads on .world I have a tendency to bounce and have a low average visit time.

    • megane-kun@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m actually quite the opposite, I wait until a page loads. Between the two of us, it evens out, lol!

      But yeah, I have a pet theory as to why lemmy.ml has a high bounce rate and low average visit duration: people migrating from Reddit dismiss lemmy.ml for whatever reason and check out other instances instead. That’s probably also why it didn’t gain as many users as other instances (comparatively speaking).

      • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I think lemmy.ml restricted registration and had a PSA telling people to join other instances. They didn’t gain that many users because they didn’t want to, probably because their infra couldn’t handle it (hence also the bouncing).

        • megane-kun@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          This, as well as their performance seems to paint a picture that explains the figures in the table. Thanks!