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Fishy user growth over the last two days (self.fediverse)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by neighbourbehaviour to c/fediverse
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Prior to that, there is a nice correlation between activity and user growth. More users - more activity in posts and comments. That's no longer the case over the last couple of days. ๐Ÿค”

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[โ€“] EfficaciousSkink 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm part of the problem. (This is my first post.)

Hopefully it is not nefarious.

[โ€“] DonJefe 11 points 2 years ago

My guess is that those users are reddit refugees, and they are trying to figure out the platform before posting.

[โ€“] goodnessme 6 points 2 years ago

Well, people really have started hating Reddit lately.

[โ€“] ClassyHatter 4 points 2 years ago

They might be boosting their user count so their new instance is higher in instance lists. I looked at two of them and both had 10.1k users, but only few of were active at the time.