OptimusPrime

TL;DR: The author expresses gratitude to the community and acknowledges the limited resources and technical expertise of the admins. They ask users to temper their expectations and be patient, as they are managing a large community with limited resources. They emphasize that the admins are not proficient in coding and cannot add extensive functionalities to the website. The software they are using is still in its early stages and lacks the maturity and community addons of platforms like Reddit. The admins also clarify that running the site is not a full-time job for them and they cannot commit to it being one. They mention the financial constraints and the need to distribute donations for keeping the site online. They request users to consider the feasibility of their requests and understand the limitations the admins face during the influx of users. The admins appreciate the help of volunteers and acknowledge their significant contributions to the site.

Here are some of the monthly active user statistics for various social media platforms, according to the search results:

1. Facebook - 2.96 billion monthly active users (MAUs) [1]
2. YouTube - 2.56 billion MAUs[2]
3. WhatsApp - 2 billion MAUs[3]
4. Instagram - 2 billion MAUs[3][4]
5. WeChat - 1.26 billion MAUs[2]
6. TikTok - 1 billion MAUs[2]
7. Facebook Messenger - 988 million MAUs[2]
8. Snapchat - 557 million MAUs[2]
9. Pinterest - 444 million MAUs[2]
10. Twitter - 368 million MAUs[5]

It's worth noting that these numbers are subject to change and may vary depending on the source. Additionally, there are many other social media platforms with significant user bases that are not listed here. When choosing which social media platforms to use for your brand, it's important to consider the relevance to your target audience and the quality of engagement on each platform, rather than just the number of users.

Citations:

[1] https://buffer.com/library/social-media-sites/

[2] https://www.semrush.com/blog/most-popular-social-media-platforms/

[3] https://datareportal.com/social-media-users

[4] https://statusbrew.com/insights/social-media-statistics/

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_platforms_with_at_least_100_million_active_users

By Perplexity at https://www.perplexity.ai/search/98165c01-5be7-41be-ba6c-fd77454d3b5a

We are at 5k monthly active users. I find that stat more interesting.

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats

Here is an issue that would solve this, but ideas are welcome.

I agree with what I just read. It should just be an instance setting and let admins choose. Mastodon can't outcompete Twitter without an algorithm to easily find things you find interesting, and Lemmy probably won't be able to outcompete Reddit without karma.

This is one of the features that made social media successful. Without the reward-dopamin loop, people have less incentive to generate quality content. Publicly showing karma is another thing. While it's nice to be able to hide it, it's one method of judging a user on reddit. In combination with other methods, it's easier to spot trolls.

What's wrong with "karma farming"? Disabling it, obviously doesn't prevent spam/propaganda/bad quality content. Also, reposting is important for people new to the platform. (Who didn't laugh at a joke on reddit which everybody seems to already know about?)

I think improving moderation methods would be way better to counter low quality content than radically concealing information that's already there for the one in control of the instance.

— heeplr

Well, these AIs are being trained on public figures, and there isn't much they can do unless they livestream with the AI impersonating them, allowing them to potentially identify who is behind it. How will people figure out if there's an LLM out there that speaks just like them? It's similar to fine-tuning AIs on artists to create art that mimics their style. It can be frustrating, but there isn't much anyone can do unless surveillance software is installed on every computer. In summary, I don't mind because I won't even find out.

Oh man, it's going to be so much fun to have to group similar communities when there are hundreds of instances! 🙃

Bullshit. This assumes the people training LLMs are the same ones building the datasets. Once a dataset is created, it can be used to train multiple models, meaning that there's no further impact on API usage.

Yeah, the fuck? I've reloaded and I'm somewhere else than where I wrote the comment.

There could be a Lemmy instance that imported the Reddit content from one of the archives like https://the-eye.eu/redarcs/

You don't need to write anything in the post body on Lemmy. No need to say title.