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!
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.
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!
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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!
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Honestly, its already a good amount of content. People reply, people upvote, people post interesting articles. Its filling the void for me already.
I love exploring all the communities. It’s been a fun ride so far and a super positive experience!
And you can add me to the statistics of today. I’m a Boost user for Reddit. It feels so weird not having it on my phone anymore. Like I’ve gone to work without any pants on. I’ve been active on reddit for 13 years and it’s been genuinely difficult leaving it behind. I’m hoping this can be my new home. I just wanna be a chill dude who likes to talk about Star Trek (keep the ‘Thats not real Trek’ away from me, thanks), Star Wars (same sentiment), and share information. A place where I can vent after life inevitably kicks me in the teeth again.
Still just low-key stunned that my name was up for grabs.
Whoooo!! Here we go. New era of internet. Twitter is dying, reddit is dying, I can’t wait to see the decentralized web come to life.
Both twitter, and reddit (maybe twitch and youtube) going to shit is perfect timing
