Is anyone else just enjoying seeing people create actual user names again and not just using the automatically generated ones reddit has done for awhile?

[–] Justnotoverthink@lemmy.wtf 40 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of folks here are talking about Reddit being shitty but I switched because I'm in Europe and I don't want to enrich especially US Companies off of my personal data.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 57 minutes ago

Then you'll be happy to know that Lemmy is 100% EU funded.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That's really good to see. But it will be far more interesting to see what the numbers are a month and longer are from now. If they don't stick, it's pretty meaningless.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 1 hour ago

They won't all stick. That's just the nature of things, no site/game/service/what-have-you boasts a 100% retention rate. Hell, not even heroin does. But with every MAU bump, some amount of them do stick around, and with every such increase to the baseline MAUs we get closer to critical mass.

[–] diamat@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

If you are here and want lemmy to succeed, please consider donating. The devs used to get by mostly by nlnet foundation grants but are trying to shift to a more sustainable donation based model. You can see how they are doing on the join-lemmy website when you scroll down to the bottom, there are also links to their liberapay (preferred option) paetreon, etc.

[–] Amir@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

I donated monthly for almost 2 years, and they never even added me on the donator page. Petty reason, but at this point I don't even know how much they care.

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Is this something that should be really celebrated? I mean, the reason I joined is because it's not reddit. And I feel that this place will turn into reddit 2.0 if we're not careful.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 minutes ago

You can pick a less "reddit-coded" instance. Lemmy.world is pitched as more of a reddit-clone, but other instances have niche subcultures or other fun characteristics like unique emojis. It's less about size and more about policies and structures that cause something to become "reddit-like."

[–] AMoralNihilist@feddit.uk 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Absolutely it should be celebrated.

Once enough users are here, you can join a niche small instance that doesn't federate with as many mainstream ones to get that small community vibe. (Or better yet, make your own instance to build what you want)

The more people using federated social media instead of single-entity controlled social media the better for society.

[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 5 points 1 hour ago

Just like it was in the early internet.

[–] UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 hour ago

And here comes the fun part: It can't turn into Reddit 2.0. If you don't like the policy of your Instance, just join an Instance that fits you more, or create one your own.

[–] RaptorBenn@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

Hey look! I'm a statistic! Not the one I expected.

[–] CaJoasca_Baloon@lemm.ee 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is probably active ones too, so the ones that don't comment (like me) don't count.. except this time. I would say it would be around same size as the active ones, but I have no data to prove that.

[–] mke@programming.dev 10 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I think voters started being counted a while back? I'll see if I can find the release notes.

Edit: there we go, from the docs.

An active user is someone who has posted, commented, or voted on our instance or community within the last given time frame.

[–] TranslateErr0r@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

And I am glad I am one of them. Not because of an anti-US sentiment (as in: towards American citizens) but as more pro-Europe move.

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[–] Padit@feddit.org 10 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

What does "active" mean in this context? Is giving an upvote or opening the app enough, or do I need to write a comment/post?

[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

A vote is a "mini comment".

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

Iirc an up or down vote is the bare minimum for activity

[–] MindlessHunter4@sh.itjust.works 26 points 9 hours ago (12 children)

Hopefully even more people will join as Reddit gets shittier and shittier.

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