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?
That’ll teach em! You can’t just sign up, first you gotta read some 20 minute long post from gnu.org
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
I see your argument and I am playing in the same field, but in reality you will scare average users away with that kind of stuff.
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.
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.
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
I’m not. As someone who never used third party Reddit apps, and doesn’t really care that they show ads or aggregate my data for AI or that they went public, feeling obligated to read technical information is another unnecessary hurdle. It might not be much for something you care about, but if you e.g. use Reddit/Lemmy on the bus or at work and just want a way to unwind or procrastinate, it’s 10-20 more minutes than whatever you’re already using (probably more if you’re zoning out and not mentally engaged). I feel like there are a lot of people like me who aren’t passionate about Lemmy but just want a place for memes/info/piracy.
Are you allergic to reading ?
:motions at trillions of times people that signed up for Fb, Ig, Twit, TkTk, etc/everything without reading the Terms of Service:
When it comes to things I don’t want to read during my lunch break, yes.
A lot of people are.
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Are you making fun of autism ?
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