In recent weeks, I have posted an absolutely staggering amount of content on Lemmy.

My goal is simply to support the platform. I hate huge corporations.

Now I’m taking a break. I won’t post anything or I’ll post very little (I still feel a little guilty!! Who will post new content 😢?)

But I need to focus on improving my own life and relax.

However… I’m just curious.

Is the number of Lemmy users actually increasing, decreasing, or staying the same? Is that data even available?

  • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 hours ago
    1. Domain + Username
    2. email is also very flawed (think spam, and spoofing, etc)
    3. its federated
    4. people usually just pick one of the big platforms, but there are other options.
    5. email servers get banned from interoperating with the network all the time

    The comparisons could go on. I’m sure there are contrasts too. But email is a point of reference most people know about. Unless they don’t have an email address. I guess.

    • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      16 hours ago

      And you think the average user thinks of ANY of this when they’re using Lemmy for the first time so they must conclude “oh it’s just like email”? This has absolutely nothing to do with using the platform.

      • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        16 hours ago

        I answered your question about the similarities man. Settle down. You asked any and I gave you it. You didn’t ask for how it’s exactly like email.

        Also, I think tech nerds tend to look down on others in this topic. “It’s too difficult, it’s too much to learn.” —- and thus it won’t be profitable? What are we worried about?

        Activity pub and related networks didn’t just shrivel up and die right away due to this problem. I’m arguing with a stranger on the internet via a newer activity pub platform, in fact.