@fediverse Fediverse user growth jumped to ~50’000’000 users. What happened ?
The FediDB *Fediverse User Growth* graph shows a significant jump in user count in February. Software distribution is also 81% *other*, and the biggest server is fediverse.hanbitgaram.com with 39 million users ! What happened ?
https://fedidb.org/

  • GuyWithLag@lemmy.world
    256·
    10 months ago

    Well, it’s one smartass that spun up his own system and that reports 39m users.

    A different kind of spam, looks like.

    • rglullis@communick.newsEnglish
      3115·
      10 months ago

      Could you please write the same comment, but without the namecalling for what seems to be an honest mistake?

      Good Lord, for all the talk about the Fediverse being a nicer place than corporate-controlled social media, comments like yours really show how that is very far from the rule.

      • person@lemm.eeEnglish
        101·
        10 months ago

        The algorithms only incentivize hate and anger. The baseline comes from the people using it.