As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 98 points 11 months ago (22 children)

2025 the year of lemmy

[–] glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

the year of the ~~snake~~ lemming

On a more serious note: I wonder if the year of Lemmy will never come. Constant de-federation and churn might splinter it again, much like distros did kinda splinter the Linux desktop.

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't think defed has been that bad, and I think over time we'll get more features to avoid having to defed (aside from illegal content or spam).

Like users being able to block users and/or communities by instance, or admins being able to set default block lists for new users, or users being able to easily share block lists.

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