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?

    • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      54·
      11 months ago

      Just a heads up, I see you joined lemmy.world , the dbzer0 piracy community that I think you may have come for is blocked there, so may not be able to access it from where you are.

      I know it’s kinda confusing.

      • gccalvin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        This is because lemmy.world defederated, right? So at this point would we recommend people to make a different account on an alternative server? Not a problem for those that have just joined, just delete and make a new account. But have there been any recent developments on migration tools for moving accounts to a new server while preserving account data?

        • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          11 months ago

          No, we’re all on lemmy.world and we’re here, not fully defederated. You can get to most communities on dbzer0, it’s just that specific /c/piracy community that is blocked on world.

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          I mean, it’s good opsec to have a separate account to talk about dicey subjects anyway. You’re leaving less breadcrumbs in the same place.

        • 3dmvr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          no only those communities, you can still interact with dbzer0 users, just not the piracy communities

    • Rob Bos@lemmy.caEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      I’ve noticed that every different social media medium/site has its own Eternal September moment. I think, optimistically, that we’re still before that point. If we get popular and the general population arrives, it’ll also attract the predatory ecosystem of state actors and corporate bullshit.

      I think Lemmy and the Fediverse in general is resistant to that, but not immune. I expect an effort to create One Big Instance that most people use, or an oligarchy of large instances working together, like Microsoft and Gmail and co do with email.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        11 months ago

        Lemmy has a long way to go before eternal September to be sure. It’s once people don’t know individual commenters across the entire platform we might get there, but as is the regular users are unlikely to get drowned out anytime soon.

      • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        11 months ago

        For the past thirty two years, and counting.

        I was there at the beginning. Just a wee Luser. Such fun and wonderful times for eleven year old me to be punted into.

          • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            11 months ago

            Eternal September: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September September was traditionally the time of new admissions in US collages and universitie. As a result of these institutes often being the first time many would gain access to Usenet September had areputation of clueless newbies flailing around until they either self selected out or adapted. In 1993 AOL gave their userbase Usenet access. Thus the term ‘Eternal September’ or ‘The September that never Ends.’

            Luser: Portmantu of Loser and User. Used Derisively in some online communities in the 90’s to refer to new, and often clueless, users.

            • drthunder@midwest.socialEnglish
              4·
              11 months ago

              I didn’t realize Weird Al’s line about “me too’ing like some brain-dead AOL’er” was referencing Eternal September, he would make that reference.

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    391·
    11 months ago

    My advice to newbies is to just sign up for whatever, then change later if ya need to. I think I tried 2 other instances before i found the one that fit best for me

    • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      11 months ago

      But not .world or .ml? I got an account in both and I didn’t know those places were disliked until I started getting automatic bans only for being in those instances.

      Anyway, that’s why Lemmy is so good, just figure out later where you wanna go. The first thing to really understand is that one Lemmy instance is similar to Reddit while another instance is also similar to reddit but all instances are independent of each other and Lemmy is not reddit at all.

      You can have a Lemmy purely focused on sex stuff while another might be about painting or maybe another is owned by a church or a bakery. The Bakery might like the church and the sex stuff. The church one might only be federated to the bakery and painting one. Its not just that an instances can have many different channels, but each instance can have channels with specific focus. Or even an instances for your local diy business or a 18 year old who rally wants us to see what’s in between his legs. Lemmy is definitely far from what reddit is.

    • Master@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      I make like 10 accounts before i found one that worked for me. Luckily i can log them all into sync for lemmy and switch between them when im doom scrolling so i can doom scroll the same content 10 times before bed!

  • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
    392·
    11 months ago

    When referring to communities on Lemmy please use the proper link format. !community@instance

      • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        71·
        11 months ago

        Nobody is forcing you but you should really consider investing 20 minutes in learning how lemmy is different. You may think it’s not that serious but look at where popular centralized platforms are heading to, now that bad actors are taking full control the problem cannot be ignored

          • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            I’m simply suggesting new comers to learn how this place works. If people get scared over how a software works it’s even more evidence that we need to help them understand.

        • knexcar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          11 months ago

          If I had to read a 20 minute post just to doomscroll Elon and Linux, I’d just stick to Reddit. Whatever nefarious stuff they’re doing isn’t more valuable than 20 minutes of my real world time.

          • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            Whatever nefarious stuff they’re doing isn’t more valuable than 20 minutes of my real world time.

            I’m not sure if you are trolling. 20 minutes is a random number we pick up it probably take even less and 20 minutes is not really much time, we waste more time doing more useless things

    • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      11 months ago

      Especially important to understand decentralization when it comes to topics like piracy. Unlike Reddit, a non-commercial Lemmy instance isn’t going to be shut down by a CEO who is worried about how it might affect their ability to sell ads. But, admins can get threatened, they can get overwhelmed, they can get hit by a bus. It’s good to know how how to find other communities on other servers, etc.

    • EchoSpire@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      It’s a bit of a mixed experience. Overall, federation has its benefits, but it also tends to encourage cliquish behavior among groups. Sometimes, entire servers get blacklisted for various reasons. Reddit has a lot of corners that don’t violate its current ToS but are generally ignored by the community at large. These are NSFW spaces usually. In federation the ToS isn’t usually about pleasing the most people and pulling them into your platform, it’s more about the ideals of your server admin team. That’s a good thing, I suppose. It’ll be interesting to see how things play out with Lemmy instances when Reddit bans porn.

      • IronKrill@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        It’ll be interesting to see how things play out with Lemmy instances when Reddit bans porn.

        Especially as many Lemmy instances don’t want to host or moderate NSFW content. I don’t blame them, but I’m also doubtful pornlemmy alone could handle the load (pun intended).

        • EchoSpire@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Having looked at the NSFW Lemmy instance, I 100% expect the Reddit refugees will try to host their own instances. Some of them. I also expect them to be defederated pretty quickly.

  • Golden Lox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    11 months ago

    to any new user, or new lurker, welcome!! the begining is kinda shit, but it was as well when you started on instagram/reddit/tiktok, you just dont remember it. i dont remember my upstart into the fediverse because it has been such a short part of my independent-net journey.

    • I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      161·
      11 months ago

      I remember my start and immediate end on Bluesky. Got banned for saying the white ones were better. I was discussing Eneloop batteries!

      • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        Lol for real?

        The main thing I heard about Bluesky is that it costs like $100 mill to run your own instance or something like that, so they only have one main instance for now. They technically have federation, but for all intents and purposes, it’s just another centralized corporate service waiting to be enshittified.

        • I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          As far as I can tell. It tells me my profile and anything I post is restricted, never see any replies. I guess an AI moderator got upset.

        • I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          If you need ones that don’t have a high self discharge then yes. The black ones (pro) have a higher capacity but will self discharge in a few months.

  • maccentric@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    17·
    11 months ago

    I tried to join dbzer0 and got rejected without any reason—did I pick the wrong pirate (I liked Rackham on Black Sails)

  • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    11 months ago

    Is this really just the “backup site”? Boo, I say. Boooooo.

    Also, wasn’t Reddit banning links to Lemmy or something? Maybe that was only in the run-up to the IPO?

    Edit: elsewhere in this thread people are saying that trying to link to lemmy.world fails, and trying to link to lemmy.ml fails, but you can still link to other lemmy instances?

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      43·
      11 months ago

      It’s not really the backup since last year, but the primary, but reddit won’t let me shut down /r/piracy and the other mods who took over my top spot after reddit removed me still believe in reddit, so they refuse to leave and call lemmy still the backup.