The Sunday morning before the subs going dark:
88,881 Lemmy/kbin accounts
The following Saturday morning/as I write this:
185,142 Lemmy/kbin accounts
Folks should definitely donate! I recently had a bit of a windfall and I really want this place to succeed, so I’m planning on donating a few hundred dollars. @ernest, I really hope you get an open collective or Patreon account set up. I’ll happily and freely donate 2x what Reddit would demand of their users. I’m sure I’m not alone!
I love kbin! Im trying to figure out Lemmy. I can’t wait to see what the fediverse will be like in the future.
A lot of the 88,000 accounts were made in the week leading up to the blackout as well. I started looking elsewhere as soon as Lawrence announced Sync was shutting down instead of waiting for the blackout to start.
wow. a hundred thousand new users in less than a week, or to put it another way 125% growth in six days
Not just a doubling of users though. There’s been a massive explosion in activity from all users, more than just a doubling.
yeh true. eg redditors are using lemmy to do stuff and kbin for surfing. at least i’m doing that simply because the feed loads up faster and has more content
