Similar to Mastodon’s spikes last year, it seems. Anyways, there is data to think about. Source

  • @Mereo@lemmy.ca
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    971 year ago

    Exactly. Users who are involved in extremely niche communities will probably not find a place on Lemmy/Kbin yet. In 2008, reddit was the same. The politics subreddit only had 50,000 subscribers.

    It’s all about momentum. The more users we have, the more engagement in niche communities, the more it’ll attract and retain users.

    • no banana
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      1 year ago

      And loads of people hear the buzz, try it out and leave when they grow bored. I think the reason for the downward spike not being worse is that the threshold to take part in Lemmy communities is higher than many social media sites, and invested time registering makes people more likely to stay.

      • @romkube@lemmy.world
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        231 year ago

        Just to chime in, please correct me if I’m wrong, but Lemmy only counts activity as someone who’s posting or commenting (citation needed), so as more people go back to their old ways of lurking, activity will drop as browsing isn’t counted as activity

        • @Redecco@lemmy.world
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          71 year ago

          Us lurkers are still here (hopefully) but it’s easy to go back to the ways of scrolling without engaging

        • Selkie210
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          31 year ago

          That’s correct on the active users, as more people go back to lurking it will show less users but good chance they just don’t post much now

    • @Ashtear@lemm.ee
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      131 year ago

      Why I’m encouraging anyone who will listen to participate in their fledgling niche communities here. Even if it’s just a little bit.

      One can simply lurk on the niche subreddits. Growing fediverse communities need active participation.