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Is Lemmy gaining or losing active users over time? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm new here, so I'd like to know if this project is growing steadily or not really catching on. It has a lot of potentioal imho, but I understand how hard it is to make people use "alternative" websites.

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[–] poVoq@lemmy.ml 21 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Hmm hard to say. It seems to be in waves. There was a slump in new users a few weeks ago, but right now it seems to have picked up again. There are also some new instances (I think opening up federation on lemmy.ml really helped there), so overall it is on an upward trend.

But it is not exploding in popularity or anything like that. However I think organic growth is better anyways.

[–] DrivingForce@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 years ago

I think the devs themselves have said that they don't want to get popular for the sake of popularity. So organic growth and aa healthy community is what they are going for.

[–] tmpod 7 points 3 years ago

Yeah that's pretty much it, and I'd argue it is a healthy growth :)

[–] MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah I don't mind organic growth, as long as it is actually a growth. Having no increase or a decrease in active users while the project is still young is a bad sign. I'm trying to be as active as I can, so when possible users visit the site, they can be see regular content.