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Wow, since my post yesterday, lemmy.world has added 2000+ new users to cross the 30000 user mark! Just think, it was only at 20k three days ago. Crazy growth.

With that, lemmy.world is the clear second largest lemmy instance and has left the third largest instance beehaw.org’s 12k in the dust. It’s now within 6000 users to overtake the #1 spot from lemmy.ml (their registration is closed). Exciting to see this growth!

What are some of your favorite communities on lemmy.world so far?

To track lemmy’s growth: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the 99.46% uptime is also insane for the number of users, well done @[email protected] for doing an incredible job on this instance

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Big thanks to Ruud. I'm not even on this server but I know he's the man.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah @[email protected] has been doing a fantastic job keeping this instance running smoothly.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it was only at 20k three days ago.

It was less than 500 when I joined 10 days ago :D

The server itself is pretty new also, I think Ruud created it the first few days of June, huge props to him!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

30k in just a couple of weeks. That’s incredible.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great job Ruud!!

This will probably increase the cost of operationg and maintaining the server to keep this level of excellent server uptime.

A kind reminder that we can support Lemmy World and donate thru Patreon / Open Collective

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've joined two days ago and so far I'm really liking it, it seems like a nice alternative and there's something about it that really feels fresh, I think it's the fact that it's kind of slow content wise as of now since it takes time to build communities but that just makes me appreciate it even more.

we're witnessing something great taking place and I'm glad I'm part of it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Honestly reminds me a lot of the digg migration - the amount of people joining a Lemmy instance is staggering

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

To me it feels like the soul of the old internet in the look and convenience of the modern internet. I am not sure if that's the right assumption since, but I feel like this decentralised, anyone can make a forum and host it and connect to others (fediverse) is what the internet was supposed to be like, a way to share information amongst each other

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a reddit refugee it feels great to see Lemmy grow, and even better when you’re on the winning instance!! :)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh boy 29999 friends that I can be obnoxious towards on main

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's been amazing to see how fast this has all grown. There are seem real, sizeable communities here now!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s been amazing to see how fast this has all grown.

Says the 7 day old user. 😎

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair. I suppose I'm speaking as part of that growth

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Soon to be considered OG

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

New user who just joined today, happy to be here! πŸ‘πŸΌ

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a website that is available that tracks all this information publicly?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I saw this post on kbin.social too, did they refederate?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

They had some DDOS problems and had to set up Cloudflare protection. Since a few days now they have rejoined the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

We comin for dat ass, Lemmy.ml

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As a neighbor, I appreciate your empty defederation list. Too many lemmy instances start off with the atom bomb instead of user or community bans in response to bad behavior from individuals.

I hope you have lots of success. This side of the fediverse really needs more intellectual diversity, and I get the feeling that's what I'll continue to see from lemmy.world.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Why the lemmy.ml registration is closed? Is it to give a chance for other instances to grow? Or because of they cant handle the sudden new users surge?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My main understanding is that lemmy.ml was the original instance hosted by the devs, and they want to focus their time on developing the platform rather than moderating new users. They also have some stricter mod rules over there.

But the whole intention was to get others to start hosting instances, so everything is going as planned.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I just created /c/oldphotosinreallife for those of us missing the old one. Hopefully some of the new users will find it and add some content.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fantastic! When I joined the week before the reddit blackout I believe there was something like 2,000 users. Such huge growth in a short amount of time! Consider donating a few bucks monthly to help with server costs. I'm doing my part!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’m still having challenges getting an account to actually go through at Lemmy.World. I’m able to see content from another instance, but I’m a fan of looking at β€œall” as it opens up a lot of great content that you might not catch otherwise, so having multiple accounts at multiple sites is something I’m planning for at this point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

FYI, if you’re having trouble signing up, there are 3 known possible reasons when the wheel keeps spinning: username already taken, username too long (>20), and password too long. Hopefully lemmy fixes that soon.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I had the issue too, but then I noticed in my email that there is a verify email that had to click. Once I click that I was able to get in just fine.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm curious how these numbers compare to kbin.social.

Edit: I'm stupid, all the numbers are in the link at the bottom of the OP.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was the first planet I discovered.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It was the first one I was able to join. Beehaw didn't accept me. They're too exclusive for me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

lol, I'm not standing in line to go into the club. There's bars and clubs all over the place. Let's go....

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a way to find out which instance is defederated from which or a common list. I would not know about beeshaw defederating if not mentioned here.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

And now already at 31K, it does look like it's maintaining a pace of 1k~2k new users per day.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Happy 30k day !

How many more users could be added? I know that lemmy has never been so popular so we can't really know, and that it will mostly depend on the hardware used, but have there already been any load tests that might give an idea?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think I saw ruud or another dev saying the upgrade they did the other day will allow for pretty substantial growth before another hardware upgrade will be needed, and it's mostly about optimizing now. -Not a tech guy, no source.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It appears my home instance has disabled new users. Interesting.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Let's here it for ruud, and all of us! Been really enjoying chopping it up with yous. I'm glad I randomly picked lemmy.world. (: thanks to whoever put up the link in some random reddit thread!

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