Fediverse seems like its stabilizing: https://fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=1000

(and these are the servers that allow the crawler from the observer, so its highly likely the numbers are much larger).

We are seeing:

Overall pretty good! Keeping the momentum going. Thanks everyone, whichever platform/instance you hail from!

    • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
      205·
      7 days ago

      the problem with this place is it’s not user-friendly. and the posts/comments are too nerdy/niche for most people. my lemmy frontpage is like 50% linux nonsense. ordinary people dont’ know what linux is.

      • threeduck@aussie.zoneEnglish
        50·
        6 days ago

        Ive been here over a year and I still don’t know wtf is going on. I don’t know what aussie.zone is, I don’t know what “local” is versus “all”, I don’t know what “all” includes and why it changes. I don’t know how to find new subs except accidentally on “all”, my brother wanted to drop Reddit and join Lemmy, I had no clue how I signed up.

        But, after all that it’s still better than Reddit.

        • ElegantBiscuit@lemmy.zipEnglish
          30·
          6 days ago

          Aussie.zone is the server that you created your account on, think of it like having a yahoo email address. Some people have Gmail, some have outlook or iCloud, some have their own private domain. It really doesn’t matter too much because everyone can talk to everyone else, generally. Local is just every community hosted on Aussie.zone. All is everyone else and every other community in every other server that Aussie.zone is federated to (hasn’t blocked). Discover ability is certainly a problem and I’ve been here for two years and haven’t figured that out except stumbling on new communities on all just like you. You’ve pretty much got a handle on it it seems, I would just suggest a good client like Voyager to make things more intuitive on touchscreens if that’s what you’re looking for.

      • FundMECFS@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        91·
        7 days ago

        My problem is less the nerdy and niche stuff. Because there’s a lot of communities and you can subscribe to what you like.

        My problem is more how there’s a lot of debate lords, arseholes, and I’m the smartest in the world types.

        But I guess that’s the case on all social media. Really shits on what’s otherwise a nice experience here tho.

      • Bluewing@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        6 days ago

        Ordinary people know what Linux is, they just don’t care about. So the effect is the pretty much the same, but for different reasons.

      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        4·
        7 days ago

        if it’s less niche it will be flooded with ragebait and covert ads and such. better it stays a bit more niche. that’s why i’m fine with it being a little bit more nerdy than other mainstream platforms.

  • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
    58·
    7 days ago

    Having spent about 2 years on Lemmy, I made the commitment to ditch YouTube in favor of PeerTube.

    At first, it may look like there’s mostly garbage and then some privacy enthusiasts, but that’s only because recommendations and search are not very powerful compared to other platforms.

    PeerTube is home to troves upon troves of high-quality original content on various topics, you just have to look for it. And for your YouTube-exclusive needs, there are instances that mirror popular channels.

    Give it a spin!

    • olenko@feddit.nlEnglish
      31·
      7 days ago

      Can you give me a small list of channels producing such high quality content on Peertube?

    • rozodru@piefed.socialEnglish
      13·
      7 days ago

      Peertube takes awhile to figure out/get going. Other stuff like Mastodon/Akkoma, Lemmy/Piefeed, were easy to figure out to the point where I just set up my own Akkoma instance on my server.

      Peertube…oof that took awhile. Yeah the problem is the recommendations and search. you really have to get in there and dig through the top layer of shit before you find the diamonds underneath. There are some FANTASTIC tutorial channels on PeerTube for dev stuff, linux, game dev, etc.

      Also the other problem is finding a good Peertube instance. Don’t go by whatever lists are out there, it’s honestly via word of mouth that you’ll find the good ones which is sort of a shame. I think that’s the main thing that’s holding it back. for stuff like Mastodon or even Piefeed/Lemmy what instance you’re on doesn’t matter all that much as their all incredibly connected and pretty much provide you with the same “front end” so to speak.

      Peertube? it’s a mess in most cases. Some instances are super duper customized to the instance owners preferences, others are barely searchable, etc so in a way unlike other fediverse stuff Peertube feels a bit disconnected from itself

        • Int32@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          I used to do that for music, but I got a token for a music platform that has all the music I need but in flac :)

      • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        I love text blogs, but sometimes videos do a better job to entertain/get the point across for me :)

        Hope you’ll find some treasures of your own!

  • HumanOnEarth@lemmy.caEnglish
    27·
    6 days ago

    Here from Reddit, have high hopes. This is a marketing problem though, I doubt even 1% of Reddit users know of something like lemmy at all

  • turdburglar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    421·
    7 days ago

    ok. so i’ve got around 30tb (and counting) of live music recordings from a small club that hosts national touring folk and americana acts. i would LOVE to have it accessible somewhere other than youtube with all the fukin ads, but i am not sure how to go about making them peer tube accessible.

    the instances that i’ve looked into have pretty low caps on storage and for clear and understandable reasons. but that leaves me in the lurch. i’m not able to set up my own instance as the recordings are ongoing and that takes all my available time and resources.

    anyone have some knowledge that it don’t?

    long live the fediverse.

    • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
      18·
      7 days ago

      You could upload the files to a S3 bucket, which would give them a url on the web. Then just make a PieFed post which links to each MP4 file.

      Piefed will detect that it’s a video post and embed it in the page with player controls. If you use a community just for your videos then the RSS feed of that community will effectively be a podcast.

      S3 buckets are pretty cheap but 30 tb is still going to cost you. Transcode to a smaller file before upload, ideally.

      • Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦@mas.to
        12·
        7 days ago

        @rimu @turdburglar And it’s worth noting that you don’t have to use AWS for S3 buckets. I use iDrive, who are quite a bit cheaper than Amazon, and you can also opt to have your buckets on European servers, which may be a plus.

        I think they have generous discounts in the first year to hook you in, but even after that they’re still cheaper than Amazon.

        • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
          6·
          7 days ago

          Yup, or self host a S3-compatible server. Much easier to set up and maintain than peertube, I bet.

          • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
            1·
            7 days ago

            I believe Garage is the only self-hosted option that allows you to directly expose to html links though.

            Might be nice if you could test that with Piefed some time 😊

      • turdburglar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        14·
        7 days ago

        thanks for that. i’m currently saving up for more drives to create the second copy of the 1-2-3 backup scheme. the gang of 2tb ssd’s are all i’ve got aside from the compressed-to-fuck youtube copies. that’s been creating quite a bit of anxiety for me being in charge of so many other peoples artworks.

        we started in 2020 and do 6-10 90 minute shows a week, so it’s a lot to be responsible for. of course they aren’t all gems, but imo they all do deserve to be part of the larger document of this time and place.

        if anyone is interested the youtube videos are made searchable on https://www.livefromnorfolkstreet.com/

        click on the ARCHIVE link in the nav bar. no paywall.

        i’d recommend the alejandro escovedo shows. he’s always great and i did the live lights for a few of his shows.

      • turdburglar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        10·
        7 days ago

        i actually wrote to them a few months ago. i tried the library of congress as well since they took the alan lomax recordings.

        neither responded. that’s when i started looking at peertube.

    • hairylarry@gamerplus.org
      0·
      5 days ago

      @turdburglar @mesamunefire

      Many people, myself included, start a collection at archive.org and upload into that collection.

      If there are cover songs, and there probably are, archive.org has the DMCA notification response team so you don’t have to worry about that.

      You can share audio and video using their widgets. I do that and I also use my own KGPL software which is an internet radio station where anyone can build widgets.

      https://kgpl.org/lmajazz

      #music #distribution #archive

      • turdburglar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        i kinda love the idea of making a radio station out of this collection. thank you for this information. imma check into it further.

  • Mereo@piefed.caEnglish
    32·
    7 days ago

    The Fediverse is the way. In this Financialised capitalism, capitalist platforms will continue to be enshitified as they only tend to shareholders interests of continual growth. They do not care about humans.

    We need to keep this momentum going.

  • FundMECFS@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    20·
    7 days ago

    I think the active users per half month might be a more useful metric than total accounts because that includes all the dead accounts.

  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    6 days ago

    Graphs don’t show the people who moved from “Reddit” to “Outside”.

    Also, any decline in the fediverse could also be being fed up with all the overwhelming political doomer posts and also decide to change their platform to “Going Outside”.

    So a decline can still be overall positive for human socialization, even if it might not be the best for the fediverse.

    Edit: typo

  • brem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    6 days ago

    So you’re saying there’s a slim chance the underdog can stick around & possibly become what Reddit was meant to be?

    & The handful of those of us that make memes for this lost creature should continue to do so?

    I always prefer the underdog. Reddit even unbanned me & I’m like “nope, you don’t get to do that. I found a better friend that appreciates me in a more healthy way”

  • rhvg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    7 days ago

    Not sure how you define strong but MAU has been dropping quite consistently for the past year or so.

    • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      r/Redditalternatives describes the various reasons that people decided to abandon Lemmy and go back to Reddit:

      • lack of content
      • too difficult to figure out how to use
      • it’s “the place that tankies built”
      • too toxic, extremist leftists piling on anything not supporting their dogma hard enough (edit: here is an actual example), or sometimes just “too political”
      • overall they do not feel welcomed. Tbf many on Reddit are centrists or even conservatives, and quite toxic themselves.

      Notably, PieFed provides solutions to many of these e.g. the sign-up wizard that subscribes people to communities based on their indicated interests.

      • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Conservatives: “All these big websites keep gradually sucking for some unknowable reason. They must all just have the wrong people in charge.”

        • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          No… well yes, obviously 🤣, but not exclusively I mean.

          Example 1

          Example 2, with this seemingly relevant excerpt:

          The overton window there is not even big enough to allow all Dems to express opinions. A Bernie progressive like me who occasionally expresses a mainstream Dem opinion is too rightwing for lemmy.world

          And further down the comment chain the same person says:

          how was I supposed to know lemmy.world was one of lemmy’s worst sites when I fled to lemmy in the reddit exodus? As a Bernie progressive it took me a long time to figure out how tightly censored their discussions were.

          This person sounds like if not an actual liberal then at most a centrist who was seeking help in understanding a specific issue (which is linked there in the comments), but got kicked out for trying to discuss it. Tbf there truly do need to be safe spaces I get that, so I’m not coming down hard on any particular examples or even a particular style of solution - and I certainly am not advocating for cessation of moderation!!! (Nor do I agree in the slightest that lemmy.world is one of Lemmy’s worst sites or even a particularly bad one) I am just providing this context of why people say that they have left Lemmy, even those extremely few that joined here in the first place, so having gotten over the “too confusing to figure out” stage.

          If I were to advocate for a solution, it might be to create some spaces that are more welcoming to centrists, which would mean proper labeling of spaces not like in “correct vs. absolutely horribly and morally bankrupt” but more “left vs. right” (which itself is difficult to describe as it depends on local context). Or at least be honest about how this place is, i.e. give up any hopes that it will ever grow much beyond what it is now. Purity beatings will continue until morale improves… and if you don’t like it then you can leav- hey where are you going!? (screeching) Don’t you know what a “nice man” I am!?! 🤣

      • rhvg@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        I was referring to the entire fedi is losing users. Appreciate sharing about Lenin.

  • Cataphract@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    I’m actually in a state of confusion over the fediverse, reddit, and social media as a whole atm. I loved switching over to Lemmy because of the foss/decentralizing and lower user count at first. If I see a thread with 1500 comments I’m less likely to interact with it, like trying to hold a meaningful conversation at a concert event.

    Forums and articles are slowing becoming harder to find for information without going through 6 AI pages repeating the same paragraph in 20 different ways without really telling you anything new, so that’s slowly becoming more of a burden. Reddit is so inundated with mainstream now that even a specific trade community just has terrible trash comments that get upvoted and can even drown out a professionals real informational response (like youtube does a lot) but … at least it’s there I suppose.

    Lemmy… well yes this space is “nerdy”, but there’s very few specific nerds. by that I mean like the true nerd definition of someone so into this one niche thing that they completely lose all touch with social ques because their area came up in conversation and they are salivating to talk about it. I just recently got told in the most popular pc build community here that they never really bothered looking at memory speed… I was flabbergasted.

    so idk what I would like to see Lemmy become or the future of these types of sites in general. I forced myself to make that post on the pc build community because I was going through the process and maybe it would help someone out in the future and a little socializing while going through a project seems interesting. But, I have so many other posts I think about and just don’t do because it’s going to be either generic responses or me talking into the void with putting a lot of work into collecting all the data I have and formatting it/etc. Time is always limited, so it’s a battle over priorities and responsibilities.

  • Omni rizzler@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    If lemmy implement passkey and show all the comments of the post like in piefed with ccp social credit shit. I will hope back to it