I don’t understand how Lemmy.world developers managed to surpass both Lemmy.ml and Beehaw.org instances in user activity.

  • Sylver
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    2 years ago

    My leading theory is that both lemmy.world and lemmy.ml were in a list of 5+ “recommended” communities, and “world” is the only recognizable word that implies all-inclusivity. And now that the world population is so high, more people will assume that is the “default/correct” community.

    I joined world because I figured it was a global community, and did not want to limit myself before I even knew what I was joining into. I may end up making 2 or 3 accounts just to have access to separate, possibly defederated, communities.

    • isthingoneventhis
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      2 years ago

      When I saw the Lemmy posts making the rounds on Reddit it was all for Lemmy.World, probably why its getting more pop.

    • Ddhuud
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      2 years ago

      I have active accounts in other instances to mimic the multi functionality, where I joined different communities.

    • xT1TANx
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      2 years ago

      this is spot on. that’s exactly how it went for me and probably most others.