Created on June 1 of this year, lemmy.world quickly grew to 51k users and then blew up after reddit’s API debacle on July 1, doubling to a whopping 100k in just 9 days later!
It was the first to throw some real money behind it’s server infrastructure. A month ago most Lemmy instances - even the “big” ones ran on $10 a month 2 vCPU VPSs.
There was another influx early in June when the API changes were announced but before the blackouts even happened.
Most instances with public signups started struggling but Lemmy.world launched and Ruud upgraded the server hardware almost daily to keep up.
Other instances even had to pause signups from time to time but world kept working and so gobbled up most signups on those days.
Once it got to be a top 3 instance and then top 2 and then first it became a self sustaining snowball as a lot of people chose the biggest instance by default.
A lot of subreddits moved to Lemmy.world so in turn I think a lot of the reddit migration ended up here (myself included). Mastodon.world already had a large user base so it probably just made sense to rely on their new lemmy instance to handle the new users. Other instances like lemmy.ml sort of froze new signups at the time so that also funneled more users this way.
The third party app I used for reddit said that this is the platform they were going to focus on. That’s why I came. Those are the people I want to support. The people that make the experience better. Once they release an app I’ll buy it first day
I believe Ruud has stated elsewhere (on Mastodon or whatever it is called) that they won’t do anything preemptively, but they’re keeping a close eye on what Meta does.
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Very happy for Lemmy.world.
I have accounts on both Lemmy.ca and Lemmy.world and have been using both the past few weeks as servers struggled to handle the influx of users.
Not sure where I will end up but it’s nice to have choices and so good to see the success.
Chef’s kiss 👩🍳
It’s amazing how well it handles the load now compared to just a few weeks before
Not only is Rudd doing and amazing job as admin of the instance, they are also really transparent ab ob it the challenges in their frequent updates!
Feels great to be a part of this community, it’s so nice to see how much it’s grown since the start!
Fk yea!
@MicroWave Wow it has grown very quickly. Last time I checked a few weeks ago I think it was around 30k
And I’m all here for it!
Very happy to be part of this community - feels like home to me!
Let’s go!!
Wait, this instance only started on June 1? How did it grow so quickly compared to the rest?
It was the first to throw some real money behind it’s server infrastructure. A month ago most Lemmy instances - even the “big” ones ran on $10 a month 2 vCPU VPSs.
There was another influx early in June when the API changes were announced but before the blackouts even happened.
Most instances with public signups started struggling but Lemmy.world launched and Ruud upgraded the server hardware almost daily to keep up.
Other instances even had to pause signups from time to time but world kept working and so gobbled up most signups on those days.
Once it got to be a top 3 instance and then top 2 and then first it became a self sustaining snowball as a lot of people chose the biggest instance by default.
A lot of subreddits moved to Lemmy.world so in turn I think a lot of the reddit migration ended up here (myself included). Mastodon.world already had a large user base so it probably just made sense to rely on their new lemmy instance to handle the new users. Other instances like lemmy.ml sort of froze new signups at the time so that also funneled more users this way.
Being general-purpose, having easy sign-up without needing an “application” or manual approval, and having decent reliability/uptime.
Just documenting my “I was there” moment.
Exactly. In a “this is for the future” way.
This is the way.
I was here too!
I wasn’t here… wait crud
Me too, it’s amazing to see how quickly Lemmy is growing now
I like the i386 theme
3 comments per user…
Checks profile
Sounds about right…
The third party app I used for reddit said that this is the platform they were going to focus on. That’s why I came. Those are the people I want to support. The people that make the experience better. Once they release an app I’ll buy it first day
Sync for reddit show such message, can’t waut for it to switch to Lemmy.
Also feel free to support Lemmy itself by donating to the project
Yep, same. That’s why I’m here now. On the Connect app though, but it feels similar to Sync.
Hmm… are you here for boost? That’s why I joined Lemmy!
And still silent on the status of Meta defederation.
It’s not federated yet anyway.
I believe Ruud has stated elsewhere (on Mastodon or whatever it is called) that they won’t do anything preemptively, but they’re keeping a close eye on what Meta does.
Okay. Thanks for the update 👍