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....
This still baffles me, but I guess it's good for federation? (i.imgflip.com)
Context: sh.itjust.works/comment/2181865
Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative (ibis.wiki)
Lemmy.world down, probably following the upgrade. A reminder to move to smaller instances for a better experience (lemmy-status.org)
Lemmy's active users are up again for the first time since the exodus (lemmy.ml)
from lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats
Threads' New Terms and Conditions Affects the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)
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.
Lemmy.ml is supposedly blocked in China (emacs.ch)
Funny if true.
Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" (wedistribute.org)
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.
Has anyone defederated your instance? Introducing Defederation Investigator (defed.xyz)
cross-posted from: lemmy.basedcount.com/post/113726...
The instances blocking Zuckerberg's Threads.net (fedipact.veganism.social)
Made by Nume MacAroon at Veganism.social veganism.social/
What are your criteria for choosing an instance other than Lemmy.world?
Hello everyone,...
Lemmy World is down once again.
Ugh.
Why is Lemmy World down?
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.
I am extremely grateful to everybody involved with Lemmy. That includes you!
Hello!...
Lemmy.world removes its rules against discrimination (lemmy.world)
Dethroning lemmy.ml, lemm.ee rises as the second most active instance (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3804525...
Idea: fediverse of ecommerce. Time to dethrone amazon and ebay. What do you think?
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....
Should we decide to have a main fediverse community or should we keep posting everything twice?
Hello everyone,...
Threads deepens its ties to the open social web, aka the ‘fediverse’ (techcrunch.com)
“Threads is deepening its ties to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which powers services like X alternative Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Flipboard and other apps. On Wednesday, Meta announced that users on Threads will be able to see fediverse replies on other posts besides their own. In addition, posts that...
Sup is a New Messaging App by the Creator of Pixelfed (wedistribute.org)
A new messaging app is in development, and the project is described as “an open source WhatsApp for the Fediverse.”
Lemmy's Image Problem (Updated 02-06-2024) (wedistribute.org)
Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.
Reddit just isn't how it used to be.
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....
My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog (jewy.blog)
cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/7623718...
A symbol for the ⁂ fediverse (symbol.fediverse.info)
We propose the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse.
Lemmy.world seems to have banned the largest piracy community on Lemmy. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
This has happened once before and they reversed it. But they said this last time too:...