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.
Kinda don’t want Lemmy to be mainstream.
I agree wholeheartedly. Every time a online service becomes mainstream the capitalist enter the field and turn the service to shit. It happened to MySpace, it happened to Facebook, tumblr, Netflix and so many others. Now with the upcoming IPO of Reddit, the service needs to be ready for the milking