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PixelFed has increased the Fediverse's monthly active users by over 40% in the last few weeks, how do we feel? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You can see it if you check https://fedidb.org/. Monthly active users have gone from just a hair under one million to somewhere around 1.4 million and still growing. How do we think this will go? How do we feel about this influx of new users? Has PixelFed done something different that Mastodon hasn't?

I feel like I didn't really recognize having different "platforms" like Mastodon, PixelFed, etc would give multiple opportunities for the fediverse to make a "first" impression with people.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

We can't want the Fediverse to get bigger but be scared of normies when it does. I say welcome in! We should be mindful to listen to the new recruits, because their feedback is the most unbiased.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"We can't want"? Do you mean "wait"?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

No; "We can't want X but be Y" is well-formed, like with any other verbs (eg. "We can't swim but stay dry."). It does sound more confusing, but the structure is the same. It means we can't "want X" and "be Y" at the same time. I hope that explanation makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

No problem :)