As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Lemmy really needs to buy ads on Google. I know....Google is just awful.

But doing a search for "reddit alternatives", the first result is reddit.

I'd be willing to chip in some money to get that going.

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Who is 'lemmy' though. Without someone making money there is no motivation to do that.

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 1 points 5 minutes ago

All of the biggest instances could take turns running ads for themselves lol