FlaxPicker@lemmy.world to Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWe just surpassed Beehaw in total users putting us at the second most populated instance.message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1116arrow-down1message-squareWe just surpassed Beehaw in total users putting us at the second most populated instance.FlaxPicker@lemmy.world to Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareearthquake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoMy thought is: It’s more useful to think of total Lemmy users, since it’s all compatible and mostly federated.
minus-squareFlaxPicker@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoagreed! Find it interesting how other popular instances have chosen to turn off signups while we are still chugging along with new people.
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoHuh, why would they turn off signups? To limit server costs?
minus-squareFlaxPicker@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThey were getting massive influxes of users and wanted to limit that so their servers don’t tank, and probably wanted to give themselves time to plan and upgrade the instance.
My thought is: It’s more useful to think of total Lemmy users, since it’s all compatible and mostly federated.
agreed! Find it interesting how other popular instances have chosen to turn off signups while we are still chugging along with new people.
Huh, why would they turn off signups? To limit server costs?
They were getting massive influxes of users and wanted to limit that so their servers don’t tank, and probably wanted to give themselves time to plan and upgrade the instance.