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This is normal for any platform that gains a burst of users. You'll have significant attrition, but probably end up leveling out at somewhere higher than you started.
If you think about it, it's very hnlikely that every new lemmy user would stay
And there were a not trivial number of bots.
I bet money there are farms of fake accounts, waiting for the right day when the fediverse is mainstream