There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) (lemmy.fediverse.observer)
It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping....
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It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping....
Context: sh.itjust.works/comment/2181865
from lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats
This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. Meta is moving forward with their plans for Theads and the Fediverse, and their adjusted terms reflect a new impending reality for Fediverse users.
Funny if true.
Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.
cross-posted from: lemmy.basedcount.com/post/113726...
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Ugh.
Why do the instances keep going down? It makes me think that this is not a reliable social network, but the alternatives are not as good.
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cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3804525...
Buying from an alternative ecommerce site usually sucks: you have to register for every website, enter your address, payment information and other information, they may leak data or store it improperly, you may not know the reputation of the website or business, you can’t easily compare products with other vendors and more....
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A new messaging app is in development, and the project is described as “an open source WhatsApp for the Fediverse.”
Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.
I left reddit on june 12th last year in protest of spez’s decision to change the reddit api from being free as in free beer to an unbelievably expensive cost. That same day, I joined lemmy on a now abandoned account....
cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/7623718...
This has happened once before and they reversed it. But they said this last time too:...
With the mass migrations of Reddit users to Lemmy/Kbin, and Twitter now speedrunning its own mass extinction, it seems me that the eventual future of social media is de-centralized. I like how Lemmy is slowing turning out, even if it still has some work to do and growing pains to fix up. It’s still able to inform me of all of...
Lemmy.world has somehow decided to become to extreme defenders of “copyright” and decided they will now delete posts that contain archive links in an absurd move that not even corporate websites like Reddit do. Archive links provide a service to provide access to an article long after it is deleted or changed....