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.
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.
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
I think as Reddit ipos. You’ll see the numbers decline. They’ll have to adapt to a world where they have to report numbers and that’ll go over like a lead balloon. They’ll change moderation and community policies since advertiser will flee when they see the real numbers.
When Elon took over twitter, it exposed how many bots were on the platform and really how it wasn’t a great place to advertise. People want to say it was because of Elon but really it’s what Elon exposed.
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.
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.
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
Us lurkers are still here (hopefully) but it’s easy to go back to the ways of scrolling without engaging
That is true.
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.
I think as Reddit ipos. You’ll see the numbers decline. They’ll have to adapt to a world where they have to report numbers and that’ll go over like a lead balloon. They’ll change moderation and community policies since advertiser will flee when they see the real numbers.
When Elon took over twitter, it exposed how many bots were on the platform and really how it wasn’t a great place to advertise. People want to say it was because of Elon but really it’s what Elon exposed.
Reddit is going to have the same experience.