There is a drop in monthly active Lemmy users (from 65k to 57k) ( lemmy.fediverse.observer )
It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping....
It is probably due to a number of people stopping using their alts after some instance hopping....
Context: sh.itjust.works/comment/2181865
from lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats
The best part of the fediverse is that anyone can run their own server. The downside of this is that anyone can easily create hordes of fake accounts, as I will now demonstrate....
This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. Meta is moving forward with their plans for Theads and the Fediverse, and their adjusted terms reflect a new impending reality for Fediverse users.
cross-posted from: lemmy.basedcount.com/post/113726...
FYI!!! In case you start getting re-directed to porn sites....
When Meta launched their new Twitter competitor Threads on July 5, they said that it would be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol, Mastodon, and all the other decentralized social networks in the fediverse "soon"....
Hello everyone,...
Ugh.
Made by Nume MacAroon at Veganism.social veganism.social/@nm
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3804525...
Why do the instances keep going down? It makes me think that this is not a reliable social network, but the alternatives are not as good.
Buying from an alternative ecommerce site usually sucks: you have to register for every website, enter your address, payment information and other information, they may leak data or store it improperly, you may not know the reputation of the website or business, you can’t easily compare products with other vendors and more....
Hello everyone,...
A new messaging app is in development, and the project is described as “an open source WhatsApp for the Fediverse.”
Old habits die hard, but there’s Reddiquette which needs to be revived, and some which needs to die....
This blog post by Ploum, who was part of the original XMPP efforts long ago, describes how Google killed one great federated service, which shows why the Fediverse must not give Meta the chance
With the mass migrations of Reddit users to Lemmy/Kbin, and Twitter now speedrunning its own mass extinction, it seems me that the eventual future of social media is de-centralized. I like how Lemmy is slowing turning out, even if it still has some work to do and growing pains to fix up. It’s still able to inform me of all of...
nerdica.net/photos/masimatutu/…...
Pretty straight question....
Crossposted this in case of takedown. Hope this isn’t breaking the rules....