When I started using Reddit, it was a circlejerk.
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curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks agoSame as reddit when it was new.
I’d actually say Lemmy feels larger over the same timeframe, but that’s just sticking my thumb up in the air sort of measurement.
The problem with growth is that too much, and it ends up trolls and bots making up the majority, and too little growth means it withers on the vines.
With federation (and the ability to defederate), I think the ideal ground can be found. We’ll see though!
moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com [bot] 4 weeks ago
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Part of the difference I see on Lemmy is that there can be multiples of the same topic area being discussed on different instances with no connection between them and no straightforward method of determining which instance will have the more active discussion.
curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Active subscriber count should be the more active one, but I agree.
Ideally we’d have native multi a communities right now, so I could see all of my subscribed Linux communities in my Linux multi, all of my subscribed ttrpg in the ttrpg multi, etc.
Definitely an improvement that could be in place. I think letting the user combine the groups to see would be best, because then you can group how you’d like. Having multiple communities with similar topics is no different than reddit, but reddit has multis.
Blaze@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Usually the number of monthly active users is a good indication
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Of course, but you’ve still got to hunt through a dozen instances to find the most active ones.