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we need more users (infosec.pub)

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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[–] Skavau@piefed.social 10 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Piefed isn't an instance, it's an alternative software that reads Lemmy.

Piefed.social is the flagship instance, comparable to lemmy.ml.

Lemmy.zip made their own Piefed.

[–] Butterphinger@lemmy.zip 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

...then how does this fix anything? Same federation, same downward trend of losing users?

You're right, on piefed, the loss of users looks prettier.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 17 hours ago

The data in the OP doesn't include Piefed instances, it only measures Lemmy.

But no, it doesn't solve it - I was just suggesting to try out Piefed for people expressing frustration with Lemmys design limitations.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Piefed.social is the flagship instance, comparable to lemmy.ml.

comparable in status, or in opinions?

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 4 points 20 hours ago

Status.

Piefed.social is the flagship in the sense that it's the instance run by the devs. They aren't tankies.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

status. part of the impetus of the development of piefed was a frustration with how the lemmy devs treated people who tried to get onboarded to help with the development of lemmy. i can go into more depth about how this is a reflection of how the lemmy devs see the world, but i don't necessarily feel like hashing all that out when i have bigger fascists to fry

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Piefed seems to have its own share of issues, not using ActivityPub protocols which play nice with the rest of the Fediverse (Lemmy, Mastodon etc) for new features and instead prioritizing on their own platform and seeing the Fediverse as a secondary thing.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

well it seems they are not using Industry Standards