As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 43 minutes ago* (last edited 42 minutes ago)

to the new users:

Ahoy, mateys

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

My advice to newbies is to just sign up for whatever, then change later if ya need to. I think I tried 2 other instances before i found the one that fit best for me

[–] VitoRobles 3 points 29 minutes ago (2 children)

Yep! Took two tries as well. I got banned from one because literally my second comment pissed off the mod! Im already loving Lemmy.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 6 minutes ago

Drag has a friend who got instance banned on first comment lmao

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

I got banned from one because literally my second comment pissed off the mod!

Gooble gobble one of us! One of us!

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 2 points 52 minutes ago

Same. I was on Kbin, was denied at .world (not safe enough), then landed on lemm.ee.

[–] Master@lemm.ee 4 points 3 hours ago

I make like 10 accounts before i found one that worked for me. Luckily i can log them all into sync for lemmy and switch between them when im doom scrolling so i can doom scroll the same content 10 times before bed!

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Is this really just the "backup site"? Boo, I say. Boooooo.

Also, wasn't Reddit banning links to Lemmy or something? Maybe that was only in the run-up to the IPO?

Edit: elsewhere in this thread people are saying that trying to link to lemmy.world fails, and trying to link to lemmy.ml fails, but you can still link to other lemmy instances?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

It's not really the backup since last year, but the primary, but reddit won't let me shut down /r/piracy and the other mods who took over my top spot after reddit removed me still believe in reddit, so they refuse to leave and call lemmy still the backup.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 1 points 58 seconds ago

reddit actually defended the piracy subreddit? lmao

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 hours ago

Sorry to hear

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 32 points 8 hours ago

When referring to communities on Lemmy please use the proper link format. !community@instance

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 9 points 7 hours ago

Welcome aboard!

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 34 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

For anyone new: consider investing 10 minutes to learn how lemmy works and why decentralized and open source is better than proprietary and centralized platforms like reddit.

https://join-lemmy.org/docs/index.html

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 hours ago

That'll teach em! You can't just sign up, first you gotta read some 20 minute long post from gnu.org

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago

Especially important to understand decentralization when it comes to topics like piracy. Unlike Reddit, a non-commercial Lemmy instance isn't going to be shut down by a CEO who is worried about how it might affect their ability to sell ads. But, admins can get threatened, they can get overwhelmed, they can get hit by a bus. It's good to know how how to find other communities on other servers, etc.

[–] EchoSpire@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It's a bit of a mixed experience. Overall, federation has its benefits, but it also tends to encourage cliquish behavior among groups. Sometimes, entire servers get blacklisted for various reasons. Reddit has a lot of corners that don't violate its current ToS but are generally ignored by the community at large. These are NSFW spaces usually. In federation the ToS isn’t usually about pleasing the most people and pulling them into your platform, it's more about the ideals of your server admin team. That’s a good thing, I suppose. It’ll be interesting to see how things play out with Lemmy instances when Reddit bans porn.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 10 hours ago

The best instance on lemmy grows ever stronger ✊️

[–] nevermore@lemmy.ca 46 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

Hi, glad I joined!

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 7 hours ago

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[–] Insecurity_man@lemmy.world 63 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

I migrated from reddit today. Thanks to r/piracy post. So far it's amazing. I am using the Eternity app for Android which is the same as the Infinity app for reddit so UI is similar

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 43 points 11 hours ago (7 children)

Just a heads up, I see you joined lemmy.world , the dbzer0 piracy community that I think you may have come for is blocked there, so may not be able to access it from where you are.

I know it's kinda confusing.

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

Yeah I migrated when they did the API thing. It's quieter here, but I kinda prefer it. Welcome mate

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