Victor Gnarly@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAlmost broke 2.5 million daily total users on Lemmy in the last 24 hours.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1436arrow-down1imageAlmost broke 2.5 million daily total users on Lemmy in the last 24 hours.lemmy.worldVictor Gnarly@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square150fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCoderKat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year agoYou gotta stop counting total users. Only active users should be counted. We know there’s utterly massive numbers of bots being created. Plus people have multiple accounts from trying out different instances even if they’ll only use one.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoTrue. I’ve created at least 4, myself.
minus-squarehemmes@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoLook, I’ve quit Reddit because fuck spez, and now have confirmation bias that needs answering. Just…let me have this.
minus-squareSteeve@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoBut the bot + duplicate account numbers keep going up and I really like exponential growth
minus-squaredarkstar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoTrue, I have 9 accounts so far between instances… I don’t think I’ll make anymore I’m quite comfortable now, but yeah, I inflated the stats. Sorry…
You gotta stop counting total users. Only active users should be counted. We know there’s utterly massive numbers of bots being created. Plus people have multiple accounts from trying out different instances even if they’ll only use one.
True. I’ve created at least 4, myself.
People love vanity metrics, though.
Look, I’ve quit Reddit because fuck spez, and now have confirmation bias that needs answering. Just…let me have this.
But the bot + duplicate account numbers keep going up and I really like exponential growth
True, I have 9 accounts so far between instances… I don’t think I’ll make anymore I’m quite comfortable now, but yeah, I inflated the stats. Sorry…