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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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

Well done!

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 8 points 1 day ago (8 children)

No, I think it's just me on my instance (that probably has the capacity for 1000+ active users) and the steady influx of suspicious accounts that pass the email verification and captcha and then either post nothing, or post adverts get banned/deleted and it goes on.

Mind you I don't really advertise the instance either. So that's likely why.

I suspect people coming from reddit don't understand the fediverse (I know I didn't when I first got here). So they go to the hosting instance and join there, not really understanding they can join any instance and then join the community (if not already on the instance).

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have registration application enabled and I am getting 0 registrations.

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

You need to somehow get your url out. Usually if you're just "generalist" people don't see a big reason to register compared to something like lemm.ee. Also new servers have another issue is that one doesn't know if they'll be around long enough. We've lost so many small servers in lemmy when their admins discovered it was more trouble than it was worth.

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[–] guaraguaito@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

That’s real cool to hear!

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