If we really want to figure which instances to suggest, it could maybe be good to have some additional statistics tracked per instance, and compare to the global averages. It might even be able to influence default choices for like the join-lemmy website. ...
List of support/meta communities for each instance
Most instances have a support community for discussing technical issues with that particular server. ...
Post on r/Privacy discussing reddit alternatives such as Lemmy & Piefed ( www.reddit.com )
New post on r/BuyCanadian Promoting PieFed.ca and showing off the growth we've seen here. ( www.reddit.com )
Feel free to help lost redditors
Post on r/BuyFromEU on the recent surge of users to PieFed ( www.reddit.com )
Post on r/BuyFromEU asking about a reddit alternative. ( www.reddit.com )
Post Promoting the Fedrivers on r/deGoogle on #GlobalSwitchDay ( www.reddit.com )
1st Feb is #GlobalSwitchDay
Today the first of Feb is Global Switch day, Spread awareness of the Fediverse in your communities.
Post with 130,000+ views promoting the Fediverse ( old.reddit.com )
Lemmy (and fediverse) mentioned many times on ice list block link ( old.reddit.com )
Users claim that ice list is being blocked by reddit as well.
/r/BuyFromEU: "Let's settle the Reddit alternative discussion: Lemmy doesn't need to “beat Reddit”, it needs to feel effortless" ( old.reddit.com )
r/buyfromeu is discussing a contingency plan if Reddit takes down pro-european subreddits ( old.reddit.com )
Lots of lemmy and piefed mentions. ...
Someone wants to spend money on a Reddit alternative ( old.reddit.com )
Any chance they dump their money into the Fediverse? Any chance the money actually exists? 🤣
Comment thread on /r/Europe suggesting ditching Reddit, Lemmy and PieFed suggested ( www.reddit.com )
Would it be possible to track more statistics? (some potentially gross ideas)
If we really want to figure which instances to suggest, it could maybe be good to have some additional statistics tracked per instance, and compare to the global averages. It might even be able to influence default choices for like the join-lemmy website. ...
Bridgy-fed talking about bridging Lemmy communities into Bluesky ( github.com )
Asking for volunteer communities to test it with.
New post about the fediverse on r/buyfromeu ( old.reddit.com )
/r/RedditAlternatives comments ask for alternatives, Piefed and Lemmy are mentioned a few times ( old.reddit.com )
r/buyfromeu asking for a reddit alternative ( www.reddit.com )
Thread on /r/TheoryOfReddit saying that Reddit is dead. People are looking for alternatives, Lemmy is mentioned a few times ( old.reddit.com )
Rant - it's always frustrating to see people considering 38k monthly active users as "no users"
For the whole thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/1ouk003/reddit_no_longer_allows_api_access_without_an/
/r/RedditAlternatives - Piefed [50K MAU network] for gaming discussions/communities [Guide] ( old.reddit.com )
I tried to make a guide for people interested in gaming on Piefed/Lemmy. ...
/r/RedditAlternatives - "I like the idea of the fediverse but it's never gonna get popular." ( old.reddit.com )
/r/RedditAlternatives post - "A good alternative to Reddit? " ( old.reddit.com )
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman becomes a billionaire after a highly profitable quarter ( old.reddit.com )
note that they (r/technology or Reddit?) censor PieFed, I had to say ...
Comment on /r/BlueSkySocial: "why can't we have one single social media site with a CEO who isn't weird and bad" (one reply mentions Mastodon). ( www.reddit.com )