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[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And when reddit was at its best, it took years to gather those user numbers. I just dont understand why people keep missing this point.

[–] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy isn't on an upwards trend.

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

The problem is that this is a spiral. Less users results in less content and smaller communities dying, which in turn leads to less users.