You can see it if you check https://fedidb.org/. Monthly active users have gone from just a hair under one million to somewhere around 1.4 million and still growing. How do we think this will go? How do we feel about this influx of new users? Has PixelFed done something different that Mastodon hasn’t?

I feel like I didn’t really recognize having different “platforms” like Mastodon, PixelFed, etc would give multiple opportunities for the fediverse to make a “first” impression with people.

  • unalivejoy@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I wonder how many of those users are the same person with multiple accounts on different platforms.

    • prodajvodapavel@aggregatet.orgEnglish
      11·
      10 hours ago

      Probably 99% of them.

      Just trying to get in early so they can become “influencers.”

      Make no mistake, this is all about money.

    • bradd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      It’s strange to me how quickly I get +/- feedback on lemmy compared to actual comments and the replies that I get are almost always zero effort compared to what I get on reddit.

      I get the feeling its normal for lemmy users to create multiple accounts and use them to sort of multiply their votes. What’s worse is mods can see who is voting and so should be able to do something about it… so are they as guilty?