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Per the title, is Lemmy actually growing, or will it stagnate and fade into obscurity like many other similar discussion boards?

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[โ€“] airportline@lemmy.ml 69 points 2 days ago (6 children)

According to fedidb.org, Lemmy has plateaued at around 43k active users over the past year.

If you ask me, though, it doesn't matter. The Lemmy ecosystem is active and healthy.

[โ€“] whirlpoolbrewer@lemm.ee 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I was about to agree with you and then add that people like me who more lurk and upvote may count as inactive because we don't comment or post much. I just noticed that the chart only shows up to November of last year. I suspect several new people such as myself have finally found Lemmy given all that is going on and we'll see that in the charts in a couple months.

[โ€“] menemen@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I am also more of a lurker, but try to comment occasionally to get into the statistics. (Done for this week!)

[โ€“] Noblesavage@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Lurkers unite!

At the back of the community.

Where we watch and only occasionally post the odd comment... When we feel like it. Maybe tomorrow.

[โ€“] Nighed@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

I believe that the newest Lemmy versions count up/down voting as 'active'

I'm pretty sure that votes count towards the MAU.

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