Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoAre we building an alternative to billionaire platforms or just a quieter version of them?message-squaremessage-square153linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down111
arrow-up1116arrow-down1message-squareAre we building an alternative to billionaire platforms or just a quieter version of them?Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square153linkfedilink
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoI’ve been on fedi for 2.5 years. the past six months have seen a huge uptick in activity from my experience. a year ago posts were rarely seeing 100s of comments. now dozens of posts per day are getting that. i’ve also seen a ton more spam, AI content, and bot activity.
minus-squareSkavau@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoI don’t think the data plays this out. https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats Lemmy has fallen by 10k in a year. Of course Piefed has increased it by about 6k, so it’s a net decline of about 4-5k.
minus-squareAskewLord@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agothat’s users. that’s not the volume of what they are posting. those are two entirely different metrics
I’ve been on fedi for 2.5 years. the past six months have seen a huge uptick in activity from my experience.
a year ago posts were rarely seeing 100s of comments. now dozens of posts per day are getting that.
i’ve also seen a ton more spam, AI content, and bot activity.
I don’t think the data plays this out.
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats Lemmy has fallen by 10k in a year. Of course Piefed has increased it by about 6k, so it’s a net decline of about 4-5k.
that’s users. that’s not the volume of what they are posting. those are two entirely different metrics