Lemmy world was growing at a decent pace leading up to July 1st, then had a big influx following the API deadline. However the last week in particular has seen a decline.

Engagement still appears to be the same, although a little lower than the start of the month. A few of the other instances i have been checking follow a similar pattern.

Do you think we will continue growing at a steady pace, or do we need another big trigger to get users to migrate? For Mastodon, it seems there’s a big trigger every other week to drive users away from Twitter, but with Reddit, the revolt seems to have quietened down considerably.

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    1 year ago

    I blocked the major meme subs (coms?) and my experience here has been much, much better. Free yourself of last year’s memes and explore all the interesting links getting posted

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      Yes, those meme communities are very active and drown other posts from other communities. Unsubscribing them drastically improve my experience. I can sort by New now and see Posts from communities I subscribed to. And unlike Reddit, new posts got pretty good engagements here, perhaps because other people browse by New too.

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        1 year ago

        “very active” meaning nonstop reposts of last year’s top reddit memes by bots or humans acting like bots

        I don’t want Lemmy to be reddit 2.0

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      1 year ago

      It would be nice if you could block a community directly from the front page without having to navigate to it first. Whole instances would also be useful.

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        1 year ago

        I can do it on Connect - click the dots in the upper right and you can pick Block Community

        I wish there was an Undo button, though. Right below Block Community is Block Instance and I’ve clicked that a few times by mistake