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  • S Skavau

    So what's going on here, most likely, is that the intake of new users is declining as opposed to people specifically being driven off the platform (as some users allege).

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    hector@lemmy.today
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    Who is being driven off lemmy by who and why?

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    • H hector@lemmy.today

      Who is being driven off lemmy by who and why?

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      Skavau
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      #30

      Oh people making the claim that Lemmy being too political or too hard-left drives users off and is responsible for the user malaise. I'm sure that's true, but not to an appreciable level.

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        hypnicjerk@lemmy.world
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        spez learned from the last one. the ecosystem gets more closed down every day and automod's trigger finger just gets jumpier.

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        • F fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world

          inb4 "FUCK SPEZ" spamming in every comment section

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          Wioum
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          fuck spez

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          • F fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world

            Line expert here. It's technically not a line. It's many data points that may seem to look like a line, but it's not. You see a line is the shortest distance between 2 points. By definition they are straight. This dataset is not a line.

            Here's a list of my credentials:

            Certified Linear Affairs Specialist (CLAS)

            Advanced Parallel Line Coordination Certified

            Doctor of Perpendicular Studies

            International Straight Line Compliance Officer

            Certified Angle Management Professional (CAMP)

            Applied Theoretical Line Engineer

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            Bonifratz
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            I don't give two shits about your LiNe ExPeRtIsE unless you built at least ten >3 minute tracks in the original Line Rider.

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            • F fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world

              Spez here. Hey, come on, man.

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              Klear
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              Fuck FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world

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              • S Skavau

                Oh people making the claim that Lemmy being too political or too hard-left drives users off and is responsible for the user malaise. I'm sure that's true, but not to an appreciable level.

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                hector@lemmy.today
                wrote last edited by
                #35

                Idk this left and right directionalism is worthless online, where half of users are fake influence agents with bots and mechanized troll legions.

                Now with chatbots, certain parties have the better ones, to flood social media, pretending to be all rypes. I imagine are a factor.

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                • S Skavau

                  Oh people making the claim that Lemmy being too political or too hard-left drives users off and is responsible for the user malaise. I'm sure that's true, but not to an appreciable level.

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                  Klear
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                  #36

                  To be honest the tankies made my transition to lemmy a bit smoother, since they fill the same niche as the idiots of t_d, so it made lemmy kinda familiar.

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                  • C chisel

                    Is a line really the shortest distance between two points if I can fold the paper and punch a pencil through it?

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                    Klear
                    wrote last edited by
                    #37

                    It's still the shortest distance between two points, but your example makes "distance" ambiguous, so the answer depends on what definition you end up using.

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                    • B Bonifratz

                      I don't give two shits about your LiNe ExPeRtIsE unless you built at least ten >3 minute tracks in the original Line Rider.

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                      fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world
                      wrote last edited by
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                      Brother, I did my dissertation on Line Rider.

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                      • K Klear

                        Fuck FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world

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                        fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world
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                        #39

                        NOOOOOO!

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                        • nullN null

                          Another top quality blazepost. Thanks for those community recos

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                          Blaze (he/him)
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                          Happy to help !

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                          • F fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world

                            I have my doubts in your dexterity, however I've got a suggestion for a point that you can insert said line.

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                            middlemansi@lemmy.world
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                            You ARE a line expert. Sorry I doubted you.

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                            • Blaze (he/him)B Blaze (he/him)

                              A post from 2 days ago presented a graph that showed an important variation in the active userbase: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/52565659

                              Using the daily rather than monthly view on https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120 shows a much stable line (especially if you take into account Piefed's growth: https://piefed.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120 )

                              Going through the comments in the other posts, a few recommendations that can help with the overall experience

                              • use different feeds: either using different Lemmy/Mbin accounts (one account per type of content), or Piefed personal feeds, but being able to browse different feeds such as "Good news", "Hobbies", "Art", "Life advice" help to see more content than politics and tech

                              • discover communities: subscribe to !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, !fedigrow@lemmy.zip and !newcommunities@lemmy.world to add active communities to your feeds

                              • go to general communities rather than specific ones: the current user base only allows so much specialization. Your favorite city builder community may not exist, but !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works does. !stationery@lemmy.world and !pen_and_paper@lemmy.world may be inactive, but !journaling@sh.itjust.works is not.

                              • use a client that allows for comments consolidation: I don't remember which mobile apps does it (Sync, I think?), Piefed has that feature built-in too. It allows to see all comments on a cross-post in the same view: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/928874/worst-in-show-ces-products-include-ai-refrigerators-ai-companions-and-ai-doorbells#post_replies

                              • report toxic users and avoid communities that do not handle your reports: quite a few comments mentioned that issue in the other thread. Mods can't see everything, reporting helps to keep the atmosphere of a community enjoyable.

                              • use a client that implements keyword filters: quite a few mobile apps and alternative Lemmy front-ends do, Piefed has it built in. It can really help avoid the "doom and gloom" overwhelming your feed.

                              Finally, a few communities recommendations for lighthearted communities

                              • !casualconversation@piefed.social
                              • !goodnewseveryone@piefed.social
                              • !wholesome@reddthat.com
                              • !nicememes@sopuli.xyz
                              • !dullsters@dullsters.net / !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
                              • !twogoobers@lemmy.zip
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                              Mike
                              wrote last edited by michael@piefed.chrisco.me
                              #42

                              Woo we staying!

                              Also anyone know how to use their API? https://api.fediverse.observer/

                              I would love to make a "treadiverse" combo line. Cause its hard to look at when piefed is slowly going up, lemmy is slowly going down, and m/k bin is going all over.

                              EDIT: Never mind, found it. Theres an icon on the right hand side.

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                              • Blaze (he/him)B Blaze (he/him)

                                A post from 2 days ago presented a graph that showed an important variation in the active userbase: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/52565659

                                Using the daily rather than monthly view on https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120 shows a much stable line (especially if you take into account Piefed's growth: https://piefed.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120 )

                                Going through the comments in the other posts, a few recommendations that can help with the overall experience

                                • use different feeds: either using different Lemmy/Mbin accounts (one account per type of content), or Piefed personal feeds, but being able to browse different feeds such as "Good news", "Hobbies", "Art", "Life advice" help to see more content than politics and tech

                                • discover communities: subscribe to !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, !fedigrow@lemmy.zip and !newcommunities@lemmy.world to add active communities to your feeds

                                • go to general communities rather than specific ones: the current user base only allows so much specialization. Your favorite city builder community may not exist, but !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works does. !stationery@lemmy.world and !pen_and_paper@lemmy.world may be inactive, but !journaling@sh.itjust.works is not.

                                • use a client that allows for comments consolidation: I don't remember which mobile apps does it (Sync, I think?), Piefed has that feature built-in too. It allows to see all comments on a cross-post in the same view: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/928874/worst-in-show-ces-products-include-ai-refrigerators-ai-companions-and-ai-doorbells#post_replies

                                • report toxic users and avoid communities that do not handle your reports: quite a few comments mentioned that issue in the other thread. Mods can't see everything, reporting helps to keep the atmosphere of a community enjoyable.

                                • use a client that implements keyword filters: quite a few mobile apps and alternative Lemmy front-ends do, Piefed has it built in. It can really help avoid the "doom and gloom" overwhelming your feed.

                                Finally, a few communities recommendations for lighthearted communities

                                • !casualconversation@piefed.social
                                • !goodnewseveryone@piefed.social
                                • !wholesome@reddthat.com
                                • !nicememes@sopuli.xyz
                                • !dullsters@dullsters.net / !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
                                • !twogoobers@lemmy.zip
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                                peopleproblems
                                wrote last edited by
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                                Ahhhhhh, that's a much more intriguing question. You do have a limit to how many data points you can fit on a chart. Monthly average allows you to go back much further but with less insight.

                                I would assume you would get a much rounder example if you sampled weekly.

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                                • H hector@lemmy.today

                                  Reddit just claimed I threatened violence by calling joe rogan a cynical tool playing his flock. Nothing even close to violence or harm calling. I tried to give him a chance as he was a bernie supporter, and could not stomach his bad faith lies on everything from the president to him castigating environmental protesters.

                                  I think it was in bad faith, for other reasons. Their link to the offense does not even show the offending comment to you anymore either.

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                                  bazell@lemmy.zip
                                  wrote last edited by
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                                  LOL. You have beaten my record, since my comments were, at least, containing phrases that could be classified as threatening violence without the context of a whole comment. But your case is a new level. My applause.

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                                  • F fenderstratocaster@lemmy.world

                                    Brother, I did my dissertation on Line Rider.

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                                    Bonifratz
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #45

                                    Hats off to you, then. I see you truly know your lines.

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                                    • S Skavau

                                      Oh people making the claim that Lemmy being too political or too hard-left drives users off and is responsible for the user malaise. I'm sure that's true, but not to an appreciable level.

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                                      bazell@lemmy.zip
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #46

                                      Lemmy is being too political. We don't like it.

                                      Meanwhile Reddit:

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                                      • Blaze (he/him)B Blaze (he/him)

                                        A post from 2 days ago presented a graph that showed an important variation in the active userbase: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/52565659

                                        Using the daily rather than monthly view on https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120 shows a much stable line (especially if you take into account Piefed's growth: https://piefed.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120 )

                                        Going through the comments in the other posts, a few recommendations that can help with the overall experience

                                        • use different feeds: either using different Lemmy/Mbin accounts (one account per type of content), or Piefed personal feeds, but being able to browse different feeds such as "Good news", "Hobbies", "Art", "Life advice" help to see more content than politics and tech

                                        • discover communities: subscribe to !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, !fedigrow@lemmy.zip and !newcommunities@lemmy.world to add active communities to your feeds

                                        • go to general communities rather than specific ones: the current user base only allows so much specialization. Your favorite city builder community may not exist, but !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works does. !stationery@lemmy.world and !pen_and_paper@lemmy.world may be inactive, but !journaling@sh.itjust.works is not.

                                        • use a client that allows for comments consolidation: I don't remember which mobile apps does it (Sync, I think?), Piefed has that feature built-in too. It allows to see all comments on a cross-post in the same view: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/928874/worst-in-show-ces-products-include-ai-refrigerators-ai-companions-and-ai-doorbells#post_replies

                                        • report toxic users and avoid communities that do not handle your reports: quite a few comments mentioned that issue in the other thread. Mods can't see everything, reporting helps to keep the atmosphere of a community enjoyable.

                                        • use a client that implements keyword filters: quite a few mobile apps and alternative Lemmy front-ends do, Piefed has it built in. It can really help avoid the "doom and gloom" overwhelming your feed.

                                        Finally, a few communities recommendations for lighthearted communities

                                        • !casualconversation@piefed.social
                                        • !goodnewseveryone@piefed.social
                                        • !wholesome@reddthat.com
                                        • !nicememes@sopuli.xyz
                                        • !dullsters@dullsters.net / !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
                                        • !twogoobers@lemmy.zip
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                                        Ek-Hou-Van-Braai
                                        wrote last edited by
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                                        I'm curious to know what PieFed's user base would look like.

                                        Most people simply don't know about Lemmy/PieFed.

                                        I think once features mature a bit more, if there is another rexit we could see numbers tripple or more.

                                        Many people didn't stick around with previous rexit's because the UX sucked.

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                                        • Blaze (he/him)B Blaze (he/him)

                                          Happy to help !

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                                          OpenStars
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                                          Some additional uplifting community suggestions:

                                          • !upliftingnews@lemmy.world
                                          • !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
                                          • !aww@lemmy.world
                                          • !cats@sh.itjust.works
                                          • !dogsincostumes@lemmy.world (not terribly active lately but not dead either)
                                          • !piefed_joy@piefed.social (not well-known and specific to PieFed)
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