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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[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Sadly /c/piracy is blocked from .world I think.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 hours ago

I am very much aware pirate captain laughing

[–] pyrflie@lemm.ee 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

It was, and that is why a lot of us left .world

Piracy is my canary in the world wide coal mine.

[–] Zanathos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

What instance did you go to then? I don't keep up on "the best" instances, or those that defederate or block certain things. I was part of kbin.social at first, then moved to .world.

[–] pyrflie@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Lemm.ee the one that shows in my account name. They prioritize uptime and connection/association. We choose what instances and communities we want to see. Blocking is our responsibility and privilege.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 hours ago

Big uptick for us at bhzon recently, but a degree of magnitude less than this

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 29 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

to the new users:

Ahoy, mateys

[–] Krudler@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago

Well, welcome to moron city.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 34 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

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

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Lemmy is very much lacking an account migration feature.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] LinuxEnjoyer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

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.

Having to read through the entire lore of lemmy and get informed on all the instances and relationships between them seems like a nightmare. You make an account on one instances then after few days you get told that your instance is literally satan and you should switch to a different one. It's like with Linux distros. No mater which one you pick, you chose wrong.

[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

The high drama is as hilarious as it is pathetic.

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

I am on .world and honestly I don't care that much.

It's defederated from the places I don't wanna see, and I mostly look through the All feed, not the local one.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 7 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Yep! Took two tries as well. I got banned from one because literally my second comment pissed off the mod! Im already loving Lemmy.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 hours ago

!yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Drag has a friend who got instance banned on first comment lmao

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Lol!

Yeah it's a bit the wild west here, you can say fuck and post about whatever you want, but there are also some intricate rules on some servers/communities but peopke are mostly very helpful. This place IMO is absolutely fantastic.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I got banned from one because literally my second comment pissed off the mod!

Gooble gobble one of us! One of us!

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago

Same. I was on Kbin, was denied at .world (not safe enough), then landed on lemm.ee.

[–] Master@lemm.ee 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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!

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 hours ago

Truly the real reddit experience ): lol

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