EDIT: we just crossed 30K 🥳

We are now at 28.5K users (see https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list). The top 10 instances also got a decent boost in user count. With the exception of beehaw.org which defederated, the Fediverse is thriving 🔥

    • Ulu-Mulu-no-dieEnglish
      13•1 year ago

      seemed like a genuine nice guy

      He indeed is, on top of truly knowing what he’s doing.

      My reason for being here is, while checking other instances, I saw a post by lemmy.ml admins saying they were overloaded by the influx of new people.

      Since they had 1k people, I thought max 500 could be a good number (lemmy.world was a bit less than 500 when I joined).

      I checked small instances and this one gave me really good vibes, more than the others, so here I am and I couldn’t be happier about it :)

            • Joe B
              3•1 year ago

              @Confuzzeled I signed up when the blackout started on the 12th I think lots of us where just trying to find a new home and came to whatever was open lol I was on lemmy.ml realized it was crashing then came to lemmy.world and haven’t looked back

            • Ulu-Mulu-no-dieEnglish
              3•1 year ago

              Yes! I’ve been using it very actively every day since I joined, and while it’s not perfect, I haven’t seen any major hiccups, admins are doing a truly fantastic job.

    • MarxineEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      Same thing for me. I have my own biases, but I kinda expect to be exposed to things I don’t agree sometimes: knowledge is good and trying to understand other viewpoints is useful (even if to know how someone could get something so wrong).

      lemmy.world provides me that, I can engage with content I clearly enjoy, and debate (in a civil way) about things I disagree. And if something is really egregious I can block it myself.

    • @TechnoBabble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Is there a way I can view which instances are defederated?

      I don’t mind/am glad not seeing self harm stuff and CSAM content, but if this instance is disconnecting from piracy and hacking related content I’d like to be aware of that.