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?

    • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      https://discuit.net/

      One of the more commonly recommended reddit alternatives aside from Lemmy. Goes to show how far ahead we are of any other alternative, they all have virtually no activity.

      Also note that we bottomed out around 37k in October 2024, so we have seen pretty significant growth since then, and it seems to be accelerating.

      • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        Is voat still a “reddit alternative”? When they launched like over 10 years ago that’s how they billed themselves. Then I think their user base was mostly conservative, which might have prevented some people from trying it.

        • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Voat shut itself down. It basically speedrun the reddit refugees > reddit conservatives > reddit nazis within months and then it spent the rest of its life with nazis trying to out-nazi each other, until its owner finally realized what their version of “free speech” really means.