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?

      • @Valmond
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        99 hours ago

        “The fediverse chick!”

        • @Lost_My_Mind
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          58 hours ago

          Oh good. It was just mass spamming. I was very confused when I got that same message from 3 different accounts, but it was the same message with the same links. I thought I was being targeted.

          • @Valmond
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            17 hours ago

            Yeah I got a whole bunch for whatever reason.