I'm genuinely interested in people thoughts about the Fediverse because here in the UK it has massively stalled in 2025, like a lot of things. I am seeing way less posts from UK people and way less interaction and general use in fact. Most seem to have stopped social media use to be fair, and I know a lot of that is to do with my age (old fart here, 56 laps round sun and counting) but the numbers game look poor from my point of view. Do we think the Fediverse has a future now after useage appears to be going downwards? Is it a UK thing? (well I know the UK is weird but hey)

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[–] mintiefresh@piefed.social 84 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

I do generally wish there was more content. So I've decided to start actively participating rather than lurking more recently.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Highjacking the top comment, but it seems like OP instance only federates 7 communities: https://lemmy.relayeasy.com/communities?listingType=All&sort=TopMonth&page=1

[–] 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Hey yes, early days with this instance. But seemed the right/correct place to ask generally....

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

You probably want to register it on https://lemmy-federate.com/

And federate the active communities from https://feddit.uk/communities

[–] 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

thanks.... learning as we go here. Run other instances for people but I have got to say for many of my clients they are seeing a massive drop in the fediverse in general after modest growth. The general consensus is that creators want to earn money rather than have freedom

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

For creators, it makes sense to favor the commercial platforms.

For Reddit users, the Fediverse is a good enough alternative.

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I appreciate your effort. I was more of a lurker on Reddit, but realised we all got to actively participate here if we want Lemmy (and the Fediverse at large) to succeed.

Unfortunately, content marketing is a long-term ROI strategy. IMO other marketing means (e.g. ads, influencers) would do a better job of bringing new users onboard in the short term, helping us to tap into the network effect.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 19 hours ago

🫡

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

Thank you!