the more popular places on the Fediverse seem to be stagnating right now
Dunno, from Fediverse Observer, it looks like lemmy and mastodon are growing slowly over the last couple weeks. (the mastodon stats look a little weird tho -- there's a plummet on Jan 30th that looks like a data collection artifact.)
Excellent point, do you happen to know where I can find longer-term usage data?
I dunno... it's like the difference between a chain restaurant and your favorite local cafe/pub/diner. The chain restaurant has its benefits, but you have the best interactions with your buddies at your local cafe/pub/diner.
Fam we should totally post to !superbowl@lemmy.world during the game! I'm sure I can look up some owl art or something...
o yeah thanks!
user retention
yeah, hard to tell.... Lemmy peaked a little under 70k MAUs and is around 45k now... if pixelfed peaks at 300k it's reasonable to think it levels at 200k (i.e. a hundredfold increase from a month ago).
ofc every situation is different... e.g. pixelfed has tighter Mastodon integration (pro) but may depend more on a network effect (con). also iirc the lemmy MAU count methodology shifted at some point, from post/comment to post/comment/upvote/downvote which is a confound for the lemmy dropoff count...
Yeah, what I like about those stories is that they're open-ended enough that you can interpret them in various ways. What you're saying is definitely a valid interpretation.
I think enshittification is a universally-acknowledged truth. The only difference of opinion is whether it's a good thing or not.
you can use kbin.earth (and presumably mbin?) to see the upvotes, even if you don't have an account there. e.g.:
(edit: you may need to copy-paste the link; the web interface has problems with it. downvotes are not publicly viewable there.)
It's a great description. Fire creates H2O in gaseous form? I may have known that, but it makes sense in their explanation.
I don't remember a single thing that happened in this book, but I do remember this cover art.
click here for a list of meme communities
MEMES, SOCIAL MEDIA REPOSTS, AND HUMOR (NON-POLITICAL)
Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). Sometimes politics sneaks in but that's not the focus.