• Mulkor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 years 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
      7·
      2 years 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·
        2 years ago

        I’m in a similar situation in !ultralight@lemmy.world. 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·
        2 years 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·
        2 years 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
      3·
      2 years 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
        2·
        2 years 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
    15·
    2 years 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
        4·
        2 years 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.

      • SoPunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years 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.

  • s4if@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 years 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
      5·
      2 years 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·
        2 years 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.

  • Jenga@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

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

  • WheatleyInc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Surprising it’s gained this much traction, considering Reddit literally doesn’t allow this site to be linked on their platform (which is honestly so petty)

    • WheatleyInc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      You actually can’t easily, any Lemmy links are just blocked and the Reddit admins are often looking for traces of the site on their platform.

  • EmilyInept@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Just got here using WefWef as a daily Apollo user. I’ll be browsing daily after June since Reddit is killing third party apps. I think a lot of people are in the same boat.

  • Dark_Blade@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’m glad we’re taking off. The sooner we can shift our communities over to the fediverse, the better.