How is the size of Lemmy's userbase changing? Is it growing or shrinking? How diverse is it? What do the current trendlines look like as we approach a year since Rexxit?

I feel like I used to see graphs on this sub fairly regularly, but haven't seen one recently. There was also some ambiguity in the numbers as commenting and voting were added to the active user totals. Now that most (all?) instances have switched to 0.19, do we have a better idea of where things stand?

Aside from sticking around and posting, commenting, and voting, is there anything users should be doing to help grow the platform? (!lemmygrow would be a good name for a sublemmy, if anyone wanted to organize something)

In any case, thanks to everyone who has helped grow Lemmy to its current size!

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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 82 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Lemmy is growing. Not exploding, but showing steady growth. It's interesting because Lemmy tends to grow in sputters. The good thing is though, is that the growth is organic and after a bit of friction, we get new people that stick around.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, from the graphs above you can see that the number of monthly comments is growing, such is the main thing I suppose

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, we don’t need content creators as long as we have good convos, like an actual forum.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 5 points 8 months ago

That's the thing I find beautiful about Lemmy. Take for example yesterday, I had a simple question about some networking equipment and it was like being Captain America in the lift, there were punches and kicks from all directions. But the punches and kicks were kindness and knowledge. It's crazy how nice people are. It's like walking into a village starving and everyone gives you a piece of their dinner and you're stunned because you now have a massive plate. The level of interaction is such a beautiful thing.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah, the uptick in comments is definitely an encouraging thing. Makes the whole place feel more populated and less like a ghost town.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago

The sputters have mostly been when reddit fucks up. The first big one was their API ban. The next was when they were going public.