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How big is lemmy nowadays (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by professionalvirgin@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I discovered lemmy back when reddit started to charge for their API. However upon taking a look at it, it seemed that apart from like 8 communities,there was not much going on elsewhere. Things seem to have changed since then, quite a lot of active communities these days. So how many users do yall reckon lemmy has now? Is it close to 5M? or perhaps even higher?

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[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 25 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It’s small enough I recognize users all the time, which is kind of nutty, and I’m not even a heavy user I think.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I like that

[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Me too. On Voyager you can add personal tags for people. It also displays how often you're upvoting or downvoting each user account. Very helpful for keeping track of who's who!

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Now I'm imagining someone has me tagged as "data slut" from a thread last week about our jobs

[–] small44@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Personally I rarely read usernames on lemmy and reddit

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Most of the time, I recognize people fondly, too!

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're such a light user that when I try to look at your post history, my client says you don't exist!

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

That’s by design! I rotate alt accounts every now and then to keep my footprint light. :-)