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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I've been one of the people saying "we don't need more users. we need quality over quantity" and i was wrong.

the way it's going, lemmy needs active users who post content sothat the network stays relevant. networks like the fediverse benefit from network effects and that means that if we have more users, that improves the value and quality of the fediverse overall.

So please, everyone, when you can, make advertisement for the fediverse in your personal area. Go talk to friends, make attractive stickers and put them everywhere, stuff like that. We would all benefit from it.

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[โ€“] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

funything i havnt have that much of interaction with the .ml tankie as much as hexbear, hexbear seemed to be mroe prominent, before i blocked the triad.

i think you got it reversed, people go to reddit to engage in the massive subreddits. ask, politics, videos, fauxmoi,,,,etc are all heavy traffic for the site.

i suspect alot of users who arnt banned on reddit, are waffling between reddit and lemmy, some are even going back there to engage in the subs, and reddit has more content so they probably are spending more time there.

[โ€“] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 20 hours ago

Except don't forget that when people get IP-banned from Reddit (which also blocks people using proxies as of late) for being "too toxic" (even by Reddit's standards!), they come here.

So there are some that have little choice.