• Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Yeah this was kind of a similar story with Reddit at one point too. When I first looked into Reddit, it was because I had seen it included with the ‘share’ buttons on various websites and wanted to see what it was. I don’t think it was as small as Lemmy when I joined but it was definitely never on the same plateau as Facebook and Twitter.

  • Bob@feddit.nlEnglish
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    9 days ago

    We all know there’s a barrier, albeit fairly low, to the fediverse proper, but on the other hand, I remember seeing a video once about how people’s attention span is so fucked by Instagram and all that that they comment with questions already answered in the post, for example (obviously I can’t find it now in the sea of opinion-piece video essays about it). In a way the barrier to entry is a boon to the fediverse proper in all arenas bar financing.

  • Sergio@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Pixelfed is growing at a rate of 20,000 active users per day. (source).

    Mastodon has recently been growing at 5,000 to 10,000 active users per day. (source)

    Those are active users, i.e. actually posting or liking/favoriting. Since yesterday pixelfed.social had to turn off its global feed. Mastodon.social still has its global feed but it doesn’t seem to be getting pixelfed posts and isn’t updating automatically. Maybe it’s good that the press is ignoring them. If they grew any faster they’d become unusable.

    • Hafty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      I just wish PixelFed was actually usable. It’s incredibly slow and clunky in the just released app. The biggest barrier to entry for an Instagram alternative is convincing your friends and family to join. Twitter and Reddit alternatives are mostly anonymous and don’t necessitate following people you know.

  • Cris@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 days ago

    Did something new happen with bluesky? Or is this just joking about the continued state of things?