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[–] Temperche@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)
[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'll make an account when it reaches 1M users

[–] moribr@lemmy.world 2 points 21 minutes ago

So...monday?

[–] rglullis@communick.news 291 points 22 hours ago (23 children)

Lies, damn lies, and graphs that don't have the Y-axis starting at 0.

10% growth in a day is nice, but far from a revolution. Let's see this trend going for a month.

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 17 hours ago

the head dev Dan Sup mentioned the number of active users jumping from 6k to 30k. we'll see how it holds, but there is strength in numbers, people only stay if other people see what they post there. i have good hopes and really want to ditch instagram

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 56 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Monthly active users increased by 43% between 13 and 14 January: https://pixelfed.fediverse.observer/dailystats

[–] rglullis@communick.news 46 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 38 points 21 hours ago (24 children)

I don't think anyone here is arguing that the entire world will be using pixelfed by the end of the year, and that its usage will expand to other galaxies by the end of the decade.

It's a comment about the current growth curve, and it is both accurate and interesting.

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[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 18 points 16 hours ago

This is what a good app does to a MF.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 171 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (8 children)

To be fair, the Y-Axis doesn't start from zero.

That being said, 10% account growth in 2 days is pretty solid. Let's hope both account creation and engagement metrics (MAUs/DAUs) keep growing.

EDIT: Correct Axis type.

[–] lemmydripzdotz456@lemmy.world 61 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

Pedantic: You mean Y-axis, right? Technically, neither start at zero but I think you meant Y based on context.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 47 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

No, all time based graphs should start at the big bang.

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[–] chaospatterns@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I tried self hosting Pixelfed but gave up because it wouldn't work. I'm used to Docker containers that are able to just start up by themselves, but the guide didn't work for me. Maybe it's time to try again.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Make sure you use a MariaDB or MySQL database. Despite what the (very incomplete) docu says, Postgres support is broken.

[–] saplyng@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Really? I assumed postgres was the default for basically all open source projects

[–] Zier@fedia.io 65 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Just a FYI, Dan who made Pixelfed also does Loops and a few other Fedi projects in case people want more cool stuff to play with.

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[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 13 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Happy to see!

I wondering what caused such jump.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 18 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Because news broke that Meta lobbied for the TikTok ban. So people are now boycotting Meta platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Since Pixelfed is an Instagram clone and recently launched the app, it has gained a ton of popularity. The timing of the app launch honestly couldn’t have been better, because it gave all of the fleeing Instagram users a nice convenient place to land.

[–] Mechanite@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago

I just signed up after seeing an article saying links to the website are being blocked by Instagram (IIRC). I figured it must be worth looking into if they've gone that far

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 15 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

They released an official all on the app stores

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 17 hours ago

lol i search pixelfed and first result is Rednote, thanks Google play!

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 35 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

I signed up, though I generally don’t like following individuals and much prefer groups or communities like Lemmy. Gotta support independent social media.

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