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?

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[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (21 children)

Hopefully at least half of them stick around; the MAU count is much more impactful in terms of post frequency and variety than the total number of users in general.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 1 day ago (19 children)

Every reddit shock, more people register on lemmy, as it's the only valid alternative, then around 10-30% of those stick around. The more reddit enshittifies, the more shocks it will experience until a tipping point is reached.

The latest one only got weakened by reddit panicking and rolling back their "bug". My suspicion is the next time they will try to enforce it, they will first make sure all lemmy links are banned.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (6 children)

The only link that doesn't work for me is lemmy.world.

[–] wit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Is that link (lemmy.world) banned reddit wide?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

They are helping us load balance.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Isn’t .world the most populous instance? Hmm…

This is interesting. I get the impression that some admin/mods truly don’t understand how the Fediverse operates. They ban one (or a few) instance name(s), but there are so many more that they might not even recognize as Lemmy links, which get past the radar.

At the same time, there are fears here that .world could become disproportionately powerful compared to other instances, due to its high user count.

So in a way, Reddit blocking traffic to .world while permitting links to other instances can benefit us all. Smaller instances gain users, which is an important step toward balancing things out and keeping any one instance from becoming too powerful. Thanks, Reddit!

(I recognize the irony of saying this while having a .world account. I wasn’t aware of its standing in Lemmy when I made it. I am also still learning the Fediverse myself and don’t know how to transfer my account to another instance yet.)

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 3 points 18 hours ago

I just read another comment (not sure if in this thread or another) saying that lemmy.world and lemmy.ml links are banned on Reddit. No idea if it's really true or not though.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it either errors out or hides your comment if you link it. Other instances are fine (excpet for .ml)

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