Lemmy

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Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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User count has plateaued at about 420K

Active user count rose significantly between 2/24 37K to 3/24 51K

Hopefully users who signed up last year are coming back to use their accounts.

Maybe because they're tired of ads on reddit?

Should we put together a collection and and buy an ad campaign on Reddit?

I can see it now:

"Ads suck. We're ad-free forever. Join Lemmy."

and

"He'll never get us. Join Lemmy." or "Don't let him get you. Join Lemmy"

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Niche communities really only have value when they grow organically. Trying to artificially inflate them won't make them better.