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There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) (lemmy.fediverse.observer)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping.

Also a few people who came to see how it was, and weren't attracted enough to become regular visitors.

Curious to see at which number we'll stabilize.

Next peak will probably happen after either major features release (e.g. exhaustive mod tools allowing reluctant communities to move from Reddit) or the next Reddit fuck up (e.g. removing old.reddit)

Stats on each server: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

“Big tech company bad, Twitter dead, Linux good”

Add Firefox in there and yes I've seen this everywhere. So many posts about browser news or the web that just devolves into a circlejerk about how great Firefox is.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I get it with the others, but given what Google is currently trying to do with Chrome and the open web, I think the Firefox evangelism is the least sinful of these by far. Or maybe I just became part of the problem.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not inherently bad, I don't even disagree with it. It's just that (A) we all get it, enough already and (B) the open web is about letting people use whichever browser they want, so it's kinda paradoxical that we all say we should all be using the same browser

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not even that these evangelizers think we should all be using the same browser. It's that there are currently only two realistic choices: Chrome (and it's derivatives) and Firefox (and it's derivatives). There is safari too, of course, but it hardly compares to either in it's current state.

    Given those two choices, only one of them is in support of the open web. The other is literally trying to add DRM to the web.

    As to your first point: I agree that here it may be preaching to the choir and that we all get it. But it has such a small marketshare, I'm not sure it is good for those encouraging it to be quitened.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    There is safari too, of course, but it hardly compares to either in it’s current state

    Curious to hear you elaborate on this. It's the #2 browser by marketshare and Apple, while slower in the past, seems to be hearing developer feedback and catching up to what we're asking.

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