Is lemmy growth coming to a halt? - eviltoast

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.

  • Dazza@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What’s the rush? Rome wasn’t built in a day. If people are happy (enough) with it now it will grow with time and at the pace it should.

    If things get too big too quickly then the cake will always collapse.

    I like the amount of content here right now and things will diversify gradually over time.

    Most people seem to forget their Reddit accounts were more than 8,9,10+ years old and a lot changed over that period.