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There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) (lemmy.fediverse.observer)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping.

Also a few people who came to see how it was, and weren't attracted enough to become regular visitors.

Curious to see at which number we'll stabilize.

Next peak will probably happen after either major features release (e.g. exhaustive mod tools allowing reluctant communities to move from Reddit) or the next Reddit fuck up (e.g. removing old.reddit)

Stats on each server: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

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[–] Lucia@eviltoast.org 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This drop in users is natural though - not every person that got here with a hype train was expected to stay here, just like users who joined Lemmy just to wait until protests are over. Some users may switched from lemmy to kbin and are still with us, just using another software.

Before the exodux Lemmy was really empty. That's why people are so optimistic about the future of the threadiverse.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A slower growth trend would be "natural" as you describe it, but a drop in users should only be concerning at this stage, especially as the platform is still so young. Even a small amount of growth is still growth but a decline in users means more people are leaving the platform than joining it.

Again, you're pulling explanations out of thin air - go ahead and prove that those users are switching to kbin over lemmy, use some data to back up your claim.

Or accept that we have a problem with adoption and as a community we need to fix it.

[–] Lucia@eviltoast.org 8 points 1 year ago

User growth hasn't stopped, check this.

Again, you’re pulling explanations out of thin air - go ahead and prove that those users are switching to kbin over lemmy, use some data to back up your claim.

I said "Some users may switched" - I claimed nothing.

Or accept that we have a problem with adoption and as a community we need to fix it.

Lemmy is improving, mobile apps are in rapid development, and seems good (never used one so am judging from what I've heard), communities are being created everyday. No one in this thread said that Lemmy is in perfect state and we have nothing to improve. If you have some ideas on how can we make Lemmy better, you're free to share them.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

A decline seems natural. Of course there are many people who came to lemmy to check it out, and not all of them stuck with it. That is to be expected, no?

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Okay but how do we fix it? Are we allowed to solicit on reddit just to get people here? Are Lemmy users even getting the word out about Lemmy?

This isn't exactly the easiest platform to use. The term "instances" is probably intimidating to the average reddit user who has to do nothing more than type "reddit.com" to get to where they need to be.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think the honest answer is to become active and solicit on Mastodon. Those users are not only far more open to the pitch of "Mastodon but with threaded discussions" but are far more legitimately engaged and active than Reddit users.

EDIT: Not to mention they can literally participate from their existing accounts. Super easy to get your foot in the door.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay but how do we fix it?

I think you answer your own question -

This isn't exactly the easiest platform to use.

I quite like lemmy, but the barrier to entry is far too high to enjoy the platform. Assume your user doesn't give a flying monkies about federation and things like that, they just want the memes and content - if we can crack that, we might be onto something.

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

I was just hoping for something more than a meme/news site.

You can get that anywhere. So Lemmy isn't exactly standing out.