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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[–] r00ty@kbin.life 8 points 1 day ago (6 children)

No, I think it's just me on my instance (that probably has the capacity for 1000+ active users) and the steady influx of suspicious accounts that pass the email verification and captcha and then either post nothing, or post adverts get banned/deleted and it goes on.

Mind you I don't really advertise the instance either. So that's likely why.

I suspect people coming from reddit don't understand the fediverse (I know I didn't when I first got here). So they go to the hosting instance and join there, not really understanding they can join any instance and then join the community (if not already on the instance).

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have registration application enabled and I am getting 0 registrations.

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[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kbin.life is a neat domain!

A landing page of sorts for small instances could be neat - a list of small instances welcoming new users, what their moderation policies are, software, philosophy of (de)federation, and other basic stuff.

It's easy to find the big ones, but for those looking for smaller instances they can be harder to find.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks. I think at the time I made an instance (about a year and a half ago I reckon), there was quite a batch snapping up kbin/lemmy on every tld imaginable.

It's actually not a bad idea. "The front page of the threadiverse" so to speak. There are plenty of instance lookups out there, but they're generally self discovered. Something that helps match a user to a smaller instance cannot be a bad thing.

Having large instances is a good thing of course, especially for hosting larger communities. But, in order to remain fully independent, smaller instances that can be run truly as a hobby on affordable hardware are essential for the fediverse in my opinion.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 3 points 1 day ago

I think it's also a bit utopian to expect everyone to make an informed decision about which small instance to sign up for right away. It could be nice to have a little overview ready for whoever has been using lemmy.world or some other big instance for a while, understands how the fediverse works, and wants to migrate to a smaller instance for some reason or another.

Personally I wasn't really sure where to go after Kbin.social, and my decision on Kbin.earth was pretty random. Happy with my decision though!

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[–] guaraguaito@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

That’s real cool to hear!

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Was it taken down? I don't see it. Why was it being promoted in the first place and how was it not immediately banned? I thought reddit banned anything lemmy related.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't see the link I posted?

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Nvm. Completely missed the small "www.reddit.com" under the post. Didn't realise it was clickable. Thanks!

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

It's link/instance dependent. Another strength of the fediverse

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