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!

  • TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    I think there is some merit to saying that a lot of people are stubborn and won’t move unless forced. The apps going down today prompted a big wave that’s for sure

    • foofiepie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      Maybe yes. Personally it’s not even necessarily about ads for me, it’s the character of the ownership of the platform.

      Spez is going the way of Musk and Zuckerbot. It was time to bite the bullet and try something entirely different.

      I haven’t quite got the hang of this or Mastodon yet, and it’ll probably take a lot of time, but it’s ticking a whole lot of boxes so far.

      Also oddly, you’re even being welcoming. Even the fellow ex redditors. Perhaps it’s refugee mentality. :)

    • PsychedSy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I wanted there to be one big spike when they turned it off. Had my account here ready to go and used sync until it stopped working.