Unless anyone knows another reason for this impressive increase in comments? Seems to roughly coincide with Sync launching. If thats the case, just goes to show the importance of good third party apps.
Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats
EDIT: Looks like a confusingly labeled graph and I think this is total comments. I have no idea why that spike could exist though.
I actually switched to sync too. But still think the prices are nuts and they need to come down for me to pay for it.
Waiting for the one time payment to get rid of ads. Paid it on reddit, will (probably) pay it on lemmy.
It already exists. It’s $20.
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/1677830
The money will come if the app is version 1.0 with all essential features. Not earlier. I do not like paying for stuff that is “promised”. Linus from LTT mentioned it many times and I stand behind it.
Same with promised DLCs and early access.
Lemmy has become my main social media app already. Mastodon is painful to use for me. I just don’t like the Twitter format, and the lack of algo is unbearable.
There was a surge when Reddit killed 3rd Party Apps, and another when Sync arrived. (EDIT 2: Actually, this latest surge is on July 30-31… A day or two before Sync. It might be botspam.)
One nice thing about Lemmy’s growth, compared to Mastodon… The people who came here appear to be sticking around & continuing to comment.
EDIT: One thing to note about total user counts here… They can be misleading. There have been a few instances that were flooded with bot accounts that got purged over the last month or two.
I think it’s a good sign people are sticking around. A lot of people joined mastodon and instantly left because it was too much to figure out how to use. Lemmy is a lot better in its current state than where mastodon was during the first mass migrations.
I also think mastadon was trying to replace Facebook and twitter. A generalized assumption of those users is a lack of technical familiarity. Lemmy is the reddit alternative, and the users there tend to be way more technically proficient, or at least willing to learn.
I’m surprised that sync had such a major impact. Still happy that it did.
It wasn’t because of Sync. The increase happened before Sync for Lemmy was even available. Notice how it jumped up and then didn’t rise again? Probably a dodgy instance federated.
