Lemmy.world grew from around 51000 total users the moment 3rd party reddit apps started to shut down on June 30 to 71000 total users at the time of this post (July 1). That’s a 40% growth in about 12 hours!

Welcome new reddit expats!

  • Baby Shoggoth [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    16·
    2 years ago

    It’s so wonderful that Reddit, by making a decision that benefits no user/mod/sub, and actively harms users/mods/subs, all in the name of corporate greed, gave Lemmy the boost it needed to become a viable alternative to Reddit.

    Thank you, Spez. We couldn’t have done this without you.

  • murk02@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    First comment for me! 11 years on Reddit, never talked much but lurked a lot. I can’t use their official app so I’m here now and looking forward to see the community grow!

    • OctopusKurwa @lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I mostly lurked on Reddit too but I’ve been trying to engage with this place as much as possible in order to help it grow.

  • amanaftermidnight@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    We definitely felt the ship groaning through all this. Thankfully the Ruud-er skillfully navigated through this, and the software update on top.

    Anyways, welcome to Lemmy 17!

  • ThatGuyFromWork@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    I am one of those people who migrated as I grew up with an internet that was full of small communities and interesting content uncontrolled by greedy corporations. When I found Reddit back in 2012, I thought it was amazing and going to be a bastion of information for a modern internet. Well, now we know that wasn’t the case thanks to chasing the almighty dollar. Hopefully this is the point in time where we can steer this ship around and bring the control back to the users.

    • cantsurf@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I share your opinion. I’m optimistic about the migrations away from twitter, reddit, and facebook. This is a great opportunity for the improvement and democratization of social networks. The more that people move to open source platforms and the more that people demand control of their data, the better!

  • nowherenear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Came to know about Lemmy when Sync for reddit dev put notice on their app, joined same day. Waiting for Sync for Lemmy. Hi my fellow fedophiles.

  • Calzoner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Honestly, its already a good amount of content. People reply, people upvote, people post interesting articles. Its filling the void for me already.

  • Yaks@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I am a reddit refugee. I am so happy that lemmy exists. Thank you all for standing up these servers and giving us a place to scroll. ☺

  • Joped@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I joined Reddit when Digg made some drastic mistakes. Not sure Lemmy will be the answer, here I am regardless.

    I’m also a former Snoo

  • AnxiousGnome@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Just dropped in after saying goodbye to reddit is fun recently. seeing people move here gives me hope! Excited to see what comes out of this :)

  • Argon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    This is my first comment on Lemmy. I’m still learning the ropes but about to nuke my 10 year old reddit account with probably at this point tens of thousands of comments - content for Reddit.

  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I’m here after ten years with Baconreader. Really sad it’s gone, but I’m super hopeful about my future here! If anyone knows of any communities that enjoy watches or fountain pens, let me know!