Lemmy.world grew from around 51000 total users the moment 3rd party reddit apps started to shut down on June 30 to 71000 total users at the time of this post (July 1). That’s a 40% growth in about 12 hours!

Welcome new reddit expats!

  • ThatGuyFromWork@lemm.eeEnglish
    32·
    2 years ago

    I am one of those people who migrated as I grew up with an internet that was full of small communities and interesting content uncontrolled by greedy corporations. When I found Reddit back in 2012, I thought it was amazing and going to be a bastion of information for a modern internet. Well, now we know that wasn’t the case thanks to chasing the almighty dollar. Hopefully this is the point in time where we can steer this ship around and bring the control back to the users.

    • cantsurf@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      I share your opinion. I’m optimistic about the migrations away from twitter, reddit, and facebook. This is a great opportunity for the improvement and democratization of social networks. The more that people move to open source platforms and the more that people demand control of their data, the better!

  • Baby Shoggoth [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    27·
    2 years ago

    It’s so wonderful that Reddit, by making a decision that benefits no user/mod/sub, and actively harms users/mods/subs, all in the name of corporate greed, gave Lemmy the boost it needed to become a viable alternative to Reddit.

    Thank you, Spez. We couldn’t have done this without you.

  • Scarronline@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    As a new user from reddit, wanted to say thanks for welcoming us and working hard to accommodate us!

    • ijeff@lemdro.idEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      Lots of us new folks around! Also great there are so many apps being developed for Lemmy. Although the web UI is also pretty good.

      • Briz@vlemmy.netEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        I’ve seen so many helpful posts since joining yesterday, thank you to everyone for welcoming all of us, keeping servers running, posting helpful info on how to Lemmy, etc. - Happy to have a new home!

  • ParkedInReverse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    I finally made an account after things got stable. A +1 for the active user count. I mainly lurk, but it’s actually compelling to engage here.

  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    2 years ago

    I’m here after ten years with Baconreader. Really sad it’s gone, but I’m super hopeful about my future here! If anyone knows of any communities that enjoy watches or fountain pens, let me know!

  • Yaks@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    I am a reddit refugee. I am so happy that lemmy exists. Thank you all for standing up these servers and giving us a place to scroll. ☺

  • murk02@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    First comment for me! 11 years on Reddit, never talked much but lurked a lot. I can’t use their official app so I’m here now and looking forward to see the community grow!

  • amanaftermidnight@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    2 years ago

    We definitely felt the ship groaning through all this. Thankfully the Ruud-er skillfully navigated through this, and the software update on top.

    Anyways, welcome to Lemmy 17!

  • Joped@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    2 years ago

    I joined Reddit when Digg made some drastic mistakes. Not sure Lemmy will be the answer, here I am regardless.

    I’m also a former Snoo

  • justineie_bobeanie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    It’s me! I’m one of the new joiners! I’ve been enjoying the content and discussion here in the last day since I created my profile here. I have noticed a bit of lag and issues with things loading. I know there was a software update and obviously a sudden influx of new users. As frustrating as it was to have to move apps and communitie and despite the obvious growing pains, I have been happy to find a new community that is friendly and vibrant as this one!

        • Anony Moose@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          I’m sorry to hear that losing Boost has been hard! I agree that it’s more like a vacation, or possibly even an upgrade. Think bout the fact that reddit wasn’t adding features for the benefit of users, it was focused on padding its bottom-line. This meant that features on clients like Boost were often limited. For example, Boost didn’t have reddit chat or gifs in comments, probably because the API didn’t allow for it.

          On the other hand, lemmy and fediverse users are driven entirely by the goal of making amazing things for the community. Clients and apps are first-class citizens, so features will roll out to all of them pretty steadily. I expect Boost for lemmy will be way better than Boost for reddit ever was.