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Is lemmy growth coming to a halt? - Lemmy.world (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2187925

Lemmy world was growing at a decent pace leading up to July 1st, then had a big influx following the API deadline. However the last week in particular has seen a decline.

Engagement still appears to be the same, although a little lower than the start of the month. A few of the other instances i have been checking follow a similar pattern.

Do you think we will continue growing at a steady pace, or do we need another big trigger to get users to migrate? For Mastodon, it seems there's a big trigger every other week to drive users away from Twitter, but with Reddit, the revolt seems to have quietened down considerably.

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[–] Baohwong 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit basically allowed people to access their website on mobile again. Before when you tried to access reddit, a big pop-up appeared forcing people to download the reddit. Now it's optional again. The exception is the NSFW subreddits unfortunately.

We would basically need to do three things.

Reduce the barrier to entry as it is still confusing for users to navigate or use Lemmy. On top of that, mobile apps are still in their early stages. Server stability is another consideration
Reddit and I guess Threads need some major platform changes that is disliked by the community at large.
Awareness that Lemmy exists.