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!

  • Baby Shoggoth [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2361·
    2 years ago

    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.

  • Calzoner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    611·
    2 years ago

    Honestly, its already a good amount of content. People reply, people upvote, people post interesting articles. Its filling the void for me already.

          • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            This is what reddit doesn’t get when they say it’s only a small fraction of users who left.

            Redditors aren’t created equally. The vast majority lurk and maybe don’t even upvote.

            You put in more work than a lot of professional journalists, and provided the content for free

      • gornar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Glad you’re here, a devastating blow to reddit if this is where you live now! Welcome!

    • NotSureWhatImDoing@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      10·
      2 years ago

      Totally agree. I stopped using Apollo 2 weeks ago to get myself adjusted early but felt like there was something missing each day.

      Using Lemmy right now really feels like that void has now been filled.

      • FarLine99@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        If you used Apollo before, I think you should definitely try WefWef app in browser (wefwef.app zite), it is incredible!

  • amanaftermidnight@lemmy.worldEnglish
    572·
    2 years ago

    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!

  • murk02@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    2 years ago

    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!

  • trouser_mouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    1 year ago

    This is beautiful to see - I understand Reddit is a company that needs to make a profit, but the way they have treated their users and unpaid staff is shocking (but not unexpected). The fact it also heavily impacts users with additional accessibility requirements is terrible.

    Will be fun in a way to watch Reddit try to claw back what has happened.

    Give it 12 months it will likely be a wreck along with the current CEO who will probably be given the boot.

    I’m old enough to have seen many services go through this: AOL, MSN, MySpace, Fark, Slashdot, Digg, Something Awful, etc. Reddit (and maybe Twitter) are just next in line to realise they are not too big to fail. Hopefully followed by Meta.

  • Scarronline@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    1 year ago

    As a new user from reddit, wanted to say thanks for welcoming us and working hard to accommodate us!

  • gsa32@lemmy.worldEnglish
    331·
    2 years ago

    Best Lemmy instance on the fediverse. I appreciate the work the admins here have done

  • ThatGuyFromWork@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    I am one of those people who migrated as I grew up with an internet that was full of small communities and interesting content uncontrolled by greedy corporations. When I found Reddit back in 2012, I thought it was amazing and going to be a bastion of information for a modern internet. Well, now we know that wasn’t the case thanks to chasing the almighty dollar. Hopefully this is the point in time where we can steer this ship around and bring the control back to the users.

  • MudFlap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    312·
    1 year ago

    I peeked around a bit with Connect (android) for a while, and the things that stood out the most to me was the small size and sluggishness of the whole thing. BUT what also stuck out far more were pins of maintenance because of growth & updates of constant hard work to increase performance, and an interface that (while slightly jank) is infinitely superior to the official reddit app. It’s good to see continued growth, especially in such a welcoming community. The problems are providing to be simple growing pains and it’s great to be here.

  • Yaks@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    301·
    1 year ago

    I am a reddit refugee. I am so happy that lemmy exists. Thank you all for standing up these servers and giving us a place to scroll. ☺