It doesn't need to take down reddit. I'd like to see Lemmy at 1 million active users though. Just need enough critical mass to be able to branch into more smaller sublemmys which draws in the fans of those subs specifically and creates better curated content.

[–] N00dle@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Yeah, 1 million would be about the right size for a better active community. 500k would probably do wonders too.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

at 1 million active users though. Just need enough critical mass to be able to branch into more smaller sublemmys which draws in the fans of those subs specifically

I was responding kind of someone else as well, but where are these numbers coming from?

Is it truly 1 million? Or maybe 500k? Or maybe 2 million?

People seem to be using numbers so arbitrarily.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think somewhere between 1-4 million would be a good cross section of interests without a critical mass of users

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think somewhere between 1-4 million would be a good cross section

500K (for example) people talking in communities wouldn't be enough?

How did you derive the 1-4 million number?

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just a really quick estimate based on the size of the subreddits I once enjoyed that by their nature need to be larger. Things like /r/cfb, /r/nba, /r/FreeFolk

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the convo.