I’ve been one of the people saying “we don’t need more users. we need quality over quantity” and i was wrong.

the way it’s going, lemmy needs active users who post content sothat the network stays relevant. networks like the fediverse benefit from network effects and that means that if we have more users, that improves the value and quality of the fediverse overall.

So please, everyone, when you can, make advertisement for the fediverse in your personal area. Go talk to friends, make attractive stickers and put them everywhere, stuff like that. We would all benefit from it.

edit: source for the graph

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    18 hours ago

    The fediverse is not a single amorphous bloc with the same overall goals of growth.

    I mean, sure. I guess still people are on Fark. and Digg. And even still posting to Craigslist forums.

    And growth is a matter of survival. You don’t grow, you don’t survive.

    • Skavau@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      18 hours ago

      There’s also slow growth vs. extreme growth. I do want Lemmy/Piefed to grow but I don’t think its ideal or realistic to expect or project it ever getting to Reddit size.