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As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

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[–] guaraguaito@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 19 hours ago

That’s real cool to hear!

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[–] r00ty@kbin.life 7 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

No, I think it's just me on my instance (that probably has the capacity for 1000+ active users) and the steady influx of suspicious accounts that pass the email verification and captcha and then either post nothing, or post adverts get banned/deleted and it goes on.

Mind you I don't really advertise the instance either. So that's likely why.

I suspect people coming from reddit don't understand the fediverse (I know I didn't when I first got here). So they go to the hosting instance and join there, not really understanding they can join any instance and then join the community (if not already on the instance).

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I have registration application enabled and I am getting 0 registrations.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You need to somehow get your url out. Usually if you're just "generalist" people don't see a big reason to register compared to something like lemm.ee. Also new servers have another issue is that one doesn't know if they'll be around long enough. We've lost so many small servers in lemmy when their admins discovered it was more trouble than it was worth.

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[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 1 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Kbin.life is a neat domain!

A landing page of sorts for small instances could be neat - a list of small instances welcoming new users, what their moderation policies are, software, philosophy of (de)federation, and other basic stuff.

It's easy to find the big ones, but for those looking for smaller instances they can be harder to find.

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Was it taken down? I don't see it. Why was it being promoted in the first place and how was it not immediately banned? I thought reddit banned anything lemmy related.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You don't see the link I posted?

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 19 hours ago

Nvm. Completely missed the small "www.reddit.com" under the post. Didn't realise it was clickable. Thanks!

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 19 hours ago

It's link/instance dependent. Another strength of the fediverse

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