Lemmy is booming

I have never before received so many reactions and comments on my Lemmy posts before, so it’s obvious to see, that there are many new members here.
Welcome to all the new! And I’m looking forward to see more of you here.
Cheers!

  • k_o_t@lemmy.ml
    35·
    2 years ago

    a few years ago it was literally a handful of ppl posting 90% of links and talking to each other, witnessing firsthand how complicated it is to get over that initial user retention bump, but i’m convinced we’re over it now :)

    • comfy@lemmy.ml
      10·
      2 years ago

      I come back after a couple of weeks and we’ve quadrupled at least. It comes in waves, and now I’m thinking it may not stop (until some reddit staff make their own BlueSky equivalent, of course)

        • comfy@lemmy.ml
          1·
          2 years ago

          Hah, this is the second “September” I’ve been through, and it’s huge, but I think the eternal one will be the next one. At least a lot of people are learning that lemmy.ml isn’t a neutral flagship instance; the hug of death may have been a blessing in disguise, encouraging people to spread to the other instances a little bit more.

          Most people who have come over have been pretty good about the thing and tried to learn about the local culture instead of just inventing “reddit, but here” again, honestly, but it’s just that the few troublemakers tend to be louder and argumentative.

          • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
            2·
            2 years ago

            So I’m part of both Septembers for you then!

            My deepest apologies…

            I’m really liking lemmy/fediverse, and I feel like I’m being quite respectful, trying to be part of the community that’s already here not force it to be Reddit 2.0. I have, sadly, seen a few people being, for lack of a better word, dickheads. They seem to be new, and carrying on with the Reddit toxicity.

            Part of why I didn’t just buckle down and use the Reddit app when the APIocolypse hits is because I was sick of the toxic nature of so much of the interaction on Reddit. I know there’ll be trolls coming, just hope the fediverse can avoid what Reddit became.

    • d3Xt3r@lemmy.ml
      10·
      2 years ago

      Not sure if this is the right place to ask sorry, but how do I tell which comments are new on a thread I’ve already visited? Like on the frontpage it says “x new comments”, but when I go into the thread I can’t tell which ones are new. I’m accessing Lemmy using a browser.

      • k_o_t@lemmy.ml
        7·
        2 years ago

        iiuc easiest way to tell is to just sort comments by new, also very new comments are temporarily highlighted by a lighter grey background, but that’s about it i think 🤷‍♀️

        • d3Xt3r@lemmy.ml
          2·
          2 years ago

          So there’s no way to easily see which child comments are new since you’ve last visited the thread?

          • omnilynx@lemmy.ml
            9·
            2 years ago

            Even if not, it should be fairly simple to make an extension or userscript that does it. All the necessary data is already on the page. If Lemmy really does blow up I’m sure we’ll get something like RES that gives us more frontend customization options.

          • iod@lemmy.ml
            3·
            2 years ago

            Wondering the same. Some comments are highlighted for me and some aren’t.

            Might be a bug or might be grounds for a feature request.