Lemmy's active userbase has been stable since September 2025 - Lemmy.World
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A post from 2 days ago presented a graph that showed an important variation in the active userbase: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/52565659 [https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/52565659] Using the daily rather than monthly view on https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120 [https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120] shows a much stable line (especially if you take into account Piefed’s growth: https://piefed.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120 [https://piefed.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120] ) Going through the comments in the other posts, a few recommendations that can help with the overall experience - use different feeds: either using different Lemmy/Mbin accounts (one account per type of content), or Piefed personal feeds, but being able to browse different feeds such as “Good news”, “Hobbies”, “Art”, “Life advice” help to see more content than politics and tech - discover communities: subscribe to !communitypromo@lemmy.ca [/c/communitypromo@lemmy.ca], !fedigrow@lemmy.zip [/c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip] and !newcommunities@lemmy.world [/c/newcommunities@lemmy.world] to add active communities to your feeds - go to general communities rather than specific ones: the current user base only allows so much specialization. Your favorite city builder community may not exist, but !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works [/c/citybuilders@sh.itjust.works] does. !stationery@lemmy.world [/c/stationery@lemmy.world] and !pen_and_paper@lemmy.world [/c/pen_and_paper@lemmy.world] may be inactive, but !journaling@sh.itjust.works [/c/journaling@sh.itjust.works] is not. - use a client that allows for comments consolidation: I don’t remember which mobile apps does it (Sync, I think?), Piefed has that feature built-in too. It allows to see all comments on a cross-post in the same view: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/928874/worst-in-show-ces-products-include-ai-refrigerators-ai-companions-and-ai-doorbells#post_replies [https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/928874/worst-in-show-ces-products-include-ai-refrigerators-ai-companions-and-ai-doorbells#post_replies] - report toxic users and avoid communities that do not handle your reports: quite a few comments mentioned that issue in the other thread. Mods can’t see everything, reporting helps to keep the atmosphere of a community enjoyable. - use a client that implements keyword filters: quite a few mobile apps and alternative Lemmy front-ends do, Piefed has it built in. It can really help avoid the “doom and gloom” overwhelming your feed. Finally, a few communities recommendations for lighthearted communities - !casualconversation@piefed.social [/c/casualconversation@piefed.social] - !goodnewseveryone@piefed.social [/c/goodnewseveryone@piefed.social] - !wholesome@reddthat.com [/c/wholesome@reddthat.com] - !nicememes@sopuli.xyz [/c/nicememes@sopuli.xyz] - !dullsters@dullsters.net [/c/dullsters@dullsters.net] / !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world [/c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world] - !twogoobers@lemmy.zip [/c/twogoobers@lemmy.zip]

So what’s going on here, most likely, is that the intake of new users is declining as opposed to people specifically being driven off the platform (as some users allege).

The difference, one would assume, is that on the whole, Reddit’s political biases influence more what is not shown (much like lemmy.ml banning people for any criticism of Russia, China, or North Korea, or the echo chamber in hexbear), whereas Lemmy’s tankie issue also manifests as people actively sea-lioning (e.g. Cowbee) and (especially from hexbear) overt trolling, which shows up more in people’s faces. Both are issues, neither are good.