I don’t care about “number go up”.
Lemmy now has enough users to provide plenty of content, and really interesting new communities I’ve never seen on that other website are starting to pop up.
It also has its own memes and culture already.
You don’t have 1000 comments under every meme post, but the comments that are there are usually worth reading.
It’s not a reddit replacement - it’s much better.
If you and your belayer are being careful while rock climbing, you’re much less likely to die on the wall than on the drive there (even if you drive equally carefully).
Best practices include so much redundancy, and there’s always the golden rule to not climb above your skill level or in adverse conditions.