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we need more users (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Wait, I'm lost. You're saying that most of the fediverse federating with each other has been detrimental?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, I misspoke. The largest instances of lemmy are have been defederated, specifically world and ml.

The only argument I'm making is that almost all defederation is negatively impactful to fediverse growth.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree if the defederated instances are maladaptive and export bad behaviour.

In addition, I don't think lemmy.world or lemmy.ml have been defederated by anyone notable. The only example of lemmy.world being defederated, that I know, is beehaw.org. And I believe that Beehaw.org isn't interested in growth.

The fediverse is not a single amorphous bloc with the same overall goals of growth.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The fediverse is not a single amorphous bloc with the same overall goals of growth.

I mean, sure. I guess still people are on Fark. and Digg. And even still posting to Craigslist forums.

And growth is a matter of survival. You don't grow, you don't survive.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago

There's also slow growth vs. extreme growth. I do want Lemmy/Piefed to grow but I don't think its ideal or realistic to expect or project it ever getting to Reddit size.