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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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Is this really just the "backup site"? Boo, I say. Boooooo.

Also, wasn't Reddit banning links to Lemmy or something? Maybe that was only in the run-up to the IPO?

Edit: elsewhere in this thread people are saying that trying to link to lemmy.world fails, and trying to link to lemmy.ml fails, but you can still link to other lemmy instances?

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's not really the backup since last year, but the primary, but reddit won't let me shut down /r/piracy and the other mods who took over my top spot after reddit removed me still believe in reddit, so they refuse to leave and call lemmy still the backup.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 33 minutes ago

Sorry to hear

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

My advice to newbies is to just sign up for whatever, then change later if ya need to. I think I tried 2 other instances before i found the one that fit best for me

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 hours ago

Welcome aboard!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 24 points 4 hours ago

When referring to communities on Lemmy please use the proper link format. !community@instance

[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

How do I add your piracy community to my boost app?

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago

unfortunatly .world banned piracy quite awhile ago, you'll need a different instance account

[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 hours ago

You won't be able to from a lemmy.world account like that.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

For anyone new: consider investing 10 minutes to learn how lemmy works and why decentralized and open source is better than proprietary and centralized platforms like reddit.

https://join-lemmy.org/docs/index.html

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 hour ago

That'll teach em! You can't just sign up, first you gotta read some 20 minute long post from gnu.org

[–] EchoSpire@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

It's a bit of a mixed experience. Overall, federation has its benefits, but it also tends to encourage cliquish behavior among groups. Sometimes, entire servers get blacklisted for various reasons. Reddit has a lot of corners that don't violate its current ToS but are generally ignored by the community at large. These are NSFW spaces usually. In federation the ToS isn’t usually about pleasing the most people and pulling them into your platform, it's more about the ideals of your server admin team. That’s a good thing, I suppose. It’ll be interesting to see how things play out with Lemmy instances when Reddit bans porn.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

Especially important to understand decentralization when it comes to topics like piracy. Unlike Reddit, a non-commercial Lemmy instance isn't going to be shut down by a CEO who is worried about how it might affect their ability to sell ads. But, admins can get threatened, they can get overwhelmed, they can get hit by a bus. It's good to know how how to find other communities on other servers, etc.