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Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 16 hours ago

Rant - it's always frustrating to see people considering 38k monthly active users as "no users"

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Rant - it's always frustrating to see people considering 38k monthly active users as "no users"

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Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 16 hours ago
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For the whole thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/1ouk003/reddit_no_longer_allows_api_access_without_an/

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    6 hours ago

    This is what they mean when they say no active users. Effectively, there are no active users. (And yes, the problem would be solved with more active users but for anyone who makes the plunge, they come to a fairly barren alternative.)

    • Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zipOP
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      6 hours ago

      You open [email protected] and find random threads by all types of people, on all types of topics

      https://piefed.zip/c/asklemmy/p/707393/my-gf-gave-me-one-afternoon-to-fix-this-what-do-i-do#post_replies

      • MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca
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        5 hours ago

        Absolutely, there are some communities that have some users.

        But in anything, even not so niche, its a ghost town. Half of Canada just watched baseball playoffs and even in the final round, the game threads had maybe 3 people.

        I don’t think denying the reality of a new user’s experience is helpful. It’s a frustrating and solveable reality (much like our economic problems) but approaching them clear eyes seems the best approach.

        • Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zipOP
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          4 hours ago

          You’re talking to someone who’s active on [email protected] , the most popular game on the planet, and where nobody really discussed the Euro final, one of the most prestigious tournaments worldwide.

          Everybody is aware that there are topics where we miss people. I say it several times in this thread were people say they are happy with our current population.

          I’m not, which is why the community we’re in exists, its sole purpose is to get more people here.

          All of that being said, it’s still an unfair assessment to say that there are no users. It’s frustrating, and that’s why I posted it here.

          • MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca
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            To each their own! I think, especially to someone on reddit, we effectively count as no active users. I don’t expect people to be literal especially when they are talking about the user experience. (Heck, myspace still has millions of visitors but in common conversation, almost everyone would call it dead.)

            If we want more people, we should think about how others view us, and instead of being angry that they aren’t being literal, maybe we can think how to play to our strengths.

            I dunno, rants like this just feel like we’re being angry at people for a completely reasonable take on the fediverse.

            • Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zipOP
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              If we want more people, we should think about how others view us, and instead of being angry that they aren’t being literal, maybe we can think how to play to our strengths.

              • https://buy-european.net/en/post/lemmy-a-decentralized-community-for-the-buy-european-movement
              • https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1j49ucs/lemmy_a_decentralized_community_for_the_buy/

              Post got removed by Reddit: https://rl.huuu.biz/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j0xkqa/lemmy_as_an_alternative_to_reddit_using/

              The original text: https://www.reddit.com/r/BoycottUnitedStates/comments/1jrcrh6/lemmy_as_an_nonus_alternative_to_red_dit_using/

              We’ve are thinking on how to promote the platform and do it every week.

              https://piefed.zip/c/fedibridge/p/654415/piefed-50k-mau-network-for-gaming-discussions-communities-guide#post_replies

              A post like that gets 13 comments. People aren’t interested in this stuff. It’s tedious, it’s boring, they don’t care.

              But when you post about the frustration of the process, you get 107 comments.

              We’ve done the work, but nobody cares.

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