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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Created on June 1 of this year, lemmy.world quickly grew to 51k users and then blew up after reddit's API debacle on July 1, doubling to a whopping 100k in just 9 days later!

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[-] teft@lemmy.world 107 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] thessnake03@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Would you like to know more?

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The only good bud is a dead bug!

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[-] HexagonSun@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year ago

I’ve only been using Lenny for a day and a half, but I’ve been having a great time. The memes are 10/10 and everything else is coming together nicely. This is already my Reddit replacement, genuinely.

[-] allforthebest@infosec.pub 71 points 1 year ago
[-] HexagonSun@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

Ha, I was laughing at someone else writing Lenny earlier. Never considered that it was just auto-correct and that I should be careful not to do the same 😅

[-] cantevencode@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Petition to change the lemmy.world logo to Lenny

[-] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Yes. Where do I sign lol

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[-] Gullible@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If lemmy goes in the wrong direction and everyone abandons (water)ship, Lenny would be a good pejorative. After all, who better to unwitting snap a rodent’s neck than Lenny?

[-] Grabthar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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[-] MxM111@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I came due to protest, but staying for quality of fediverse users (posting from kbin)

[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was waiting for a MicroWave thread about this 😁

Congratulations everyone for this milestone! 🥳

[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've been having a little too much fun on lemmy. 😁

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[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m trying to keep up with the fediverse jargon, but what the heck is a MicroWave thread?

[-] V4uban@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Just done by Microwave, an enthusiastic poster

[-] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

Oh geez. Got it. Thank you!

[-] V4uban@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

No worries, have a good day!

[-] Spacebar@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Wasn't lemmy.world only created in mid June?

[-] MicroWave@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

June 1, I think. Hitting 100k users in just over a month is kind of intense.

[-] thessnake03@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Zuck, Spez, and Elon can suck my nuts!

[-] TheJack@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well I'm loving Lemmy.world so far. Feels refreshing in here.

I wasn't commenting much on Reddit, but in here I feel like participating.

Congrats and thanks Lemmy.world admin @ruud@lemmy.world

[-] EnderWi99in@kbin.social 31 points 1 year ago

Hello from Kbin. It's nice that we can hang out.

[-] vera@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago
[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Al Gore invented those you know.

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[-] Nima@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It is pretty sweet. The fediverse. It's nice that we can all hang out. ☺️

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[-] bambino646@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Just documenting my "I was there" moment.

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[-] Zed@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

What the hell ? Feels like it was sitting at 30k just a couple days ago, insane growth.

[-] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

And still silent on the status of Meta defederation.

[-] Anarchie99@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago

It's not federated yet anyway.

[-] LoQey@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I believe Ruud has stated elsewhere (on Mastodon or whatever it is called) that they won't do anything preemptively, but they're keeping a close eye on what Meta does.

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[-] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I just signed up the other day once I discovered the dev for Sync was starting development on a Lemmy app.

I wanted to ask regular Lemmy users... What is your opinion on the influx of people from Reddit? Do you fear it will change the social atmosphere here, or do you welcome new users to the community?

I've seen plenty of posts venting about Reddit already, and I imagine that'll probably get tiring really fast for long lasting Lemmy users (Lemmyers?)

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

First, it is not just lemmy, it is the fediverse (replying to you from kbin.social - my preferred cup of tea). Second, I see that the mostly good people/posters are leaving Reddit, I do not see, for example, personal attacks when people disagree here in fediverse, I see no removed/moderated comments or posts. I am sure it happens here too, it is just so rare… it reminds me of the days of mass migration from digg. So, at least for now I think this is great, and it separates people who are ready to stand for principles from the rest. Welcome.

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[-] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yea so far it's great. I'd imagine once it's easier to access, well see a slow decline in quality discourse and content, but that's all things, so I'm just enjoying the moment tbh.

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[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

The third party app I used for reddit said that this is the platform they were going to focus on. That's why I came. Those are the people I want to support. The people that make the experience better. Once they release an app I'll buy it first day

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[-] Spectator@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Just a week and a half ago, we were celebrating going from #2 to #1 most populous instance. And just 2 weeks before that, I had no idea what a lemmy was.

It's like catching a nice surf wave.

[-] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

I'm not going back to Reddit, that's for sure. Unless...they come up with an i486 theme...🤔

[-] LegionElite@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure Lemmy is getting a ton of reddit users now that they pretty much ruined the user experience by making 3rd party app developers to pay money to use their api.

I just created an account here... I won't be returning to reddit!

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[-] skepticalifornia@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Very happy to be part of this community - feels like home to me!

[-] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good for you lemmy.world, congrats!

BTW, lemmy.world is #1 in the node sort by total users at the-federation.info

Now the trick is to keep the instance running well with that crazy high user load.

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[-] NewBreeze@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Congratulations and keep going strong, Lemmy.world! Just joined 2 days ago myself and loving it so far (first ever comment testing). Cheers👍!

[-] ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I like Kbin better, but I am happy and proud to contribute to this rapidly expanding family of communities that repudiates control by megacorps and Big Tech.

[-] Pseu@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

The great thing is that there's no competition between lemmy and kbin. We can use whichever we prefer and still have access to all the same communities.

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[-] OverfedRaccoon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Glad to be part of the growth. Congrats! 🎇

[-] delirium@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It's amazing how well it handles the load now compared to just a few weeks before

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[-] untitledham@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

glad to be a part of this community!

[-] trouser_mouse@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's been handled amazingly well on the whole, too!

[-] Rhabuko@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago
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