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The /r/piracy link to lemmy /c/piracy hit the reddit frontpage with 7K+ updoots! (www.reddit.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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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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[-] smeg@feddit.uk 410 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Everyone remember to be kind to the newbies, not assume that they immediately understand how the fediverse works, and not to talk about your favourite Linux distro until the second date

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 90 points 2 years ago

Second date? I'm getting a date out of this now? Oh. Oh man. This is intense! I didn't even know she LIKED me! Wait....I don't even know who we're talking about!!!

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[-] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 2 years ago

What were you saying about Slackware? Who said Slackware?

[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 years ago

Oh please honey, you gonna scare them. Now kids, welcome to Lemmy! Take a minute to visit and make yourselves confortable. Tomorrow I'll show you my Nobara.

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[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 years ago

No, I said, "I like the slacks you're wearing." They would go nicely with a red hat.

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 years ago

Teach them about beans.

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[-] superjimboomba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 220 points 2 years ago

Guess I am one of the 536 newbies hahahaha!

[-] wit@lemmy.world 84 points 2 years ago

Guess I am one of the 536 newbies hahahaha!

Welcome my friend! Spread the word around. Be part of the resistance!

[-] superjimboomba@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 years ago

Yes, trying my best to spread the word!

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 2 years ago

Welcome!

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

So, what's your take on all the Lemmy.ml drama? What do you MEAN you don't know what I'm talking about??? Is this your first day on Lemmy or something? Oh, it is? Oh.

Ignore me. I'm making bad jokes.

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 2 years ago

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[-] witty_username@feddit.nl 32 points 2 years ago

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE LINUX DISTRO

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 29 points 2 years ago

And why is it Arch

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[-] atomicpoet@kbin.earth 100 points 2 years ago

I’m not a Lemmy admin, but from what I’m seeing, there’s been an uptick of 4,000 Lemmy registrations within the last 24 hours.

There’s now 477,048 Lemmy accounts.

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[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 98 points 2 years ago

2025 the year of lemmy

[-] elidoz@lemmy.ml 82 points 2 years ago

and the linux desktop

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[-] Insecurity_man@lemmy.world 90 points 2 years ago

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 65 points 2 years ago

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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[-] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 68 points 2 years ago

Holy shit! Nice!

And haven't noticed instance specific influx but recently there are a lot of users posting/commenting that have the "baby badge" on Voyager app, meaning the account is new. Feel like this influx of new users already started last week.

Haven't been on reddit since I deleted my account during the blackouts / API fiasco and man, Lemmy/Fediverse has been fun.

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[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 67 points 2 years ago

My instance is small potatoes, so no new applications for me (so far). =(

[-] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For what it's worth, your instance name is spectacular!

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[-] Hellstormy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 years ago

That instance name is great!

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[-] nevermore@lemmy.ca 60 points 2 years ago

Hi, glad I joined!

[-] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 years ago

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[-] singletona@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago

As one of those newbies?

Hi. It is the two millionth day of September, give or take a few thousand.

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Good, the Piracy community over on dbzer0 is much better than the subreddit anyways.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

to the new users:

Ahoy, mateys

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[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] index@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 years ago

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 31 points 2 years ago

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

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[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 48 points 2 years ago

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

[-] CAVOK@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

Sadly /c/piracy is blocked from .world I think.

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[-] Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

to any new user, or new lurker, welcome!! the begining is kinda shit, but it was as well when you started on instagram/reddit/tiktok, you just dont remember it. i dont remember my upstart into the fediverse because it has been such a short part of my independent-net journey.

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[-] Skunk@jlai.lu 32 points 2 years ago

Nice!

And to answer your last question, yes. Jlailu is having an influx of new users coming mostly from r/France. From what I’ve read they’re coming after the r/whitepeopletweets (or something like that) ban.

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 years ago

The best instance on lemmy grows ever stronger ✊️