I think the big question here is still where we land. It could easily be somewhere in the 20-30k range.

trendingcommunities@feddit.nl for folks who want to go straight there.

Love this idea. I think we should also make sure that we are keeping broader fediverse compatibility in mind. Particularly kbin and mastodon.

Some interest specific instances that I haven't seen here so far:
slrpnk.net
fanaticus.social
mander.xyz

There's also a brand new currently unfederated instance for legal professionals at links.esq.social

The way I see it there are 2 paths forward for Lemmy. Without at least one of these scenarios occuring it seems unlikely that we'll get back to a level of natural growth.

1. Reddit starts fucking up again. If this happens it'll probably be because of or sometime around the IPO so be on the lookout for that.
2. We start getting significant user growth from other fediverse platforms, likely Mastodon. These users already understand how federation works and are actively looking for a lot of the features that Lemmy has to offer on their existing platforms. I think the way to get there is primarily through topic dedicated instances springing up as professional groups find Mastodon does not truly fit their needs. One recent example of this is links.esq.social which is a brand new currently unfederated instance for lawyers and legal professionals.

These things absolutely can be fixed in an update but I think we both know the devs have no intention of going in that direction.

We do need to continue growing at a natural but sustained rate. 50-60k is not a healthy place to stop and there's still a lot of low hanging fruit development-wise.

You know this could really be the GENESIS for a modern web based LIBRARY.

Some other Schedule III drugs:

• Products containing less than 90 milligrams of codeine per dosage unit (Tylenol with codeine)
• ketamine
• anabolic steroids
• testosterone

This is why discussion of petromasculinity is absolutely essential to moving forward. At the debates they asked the candidates to raise their hand if they thought human-caused climate change even EXISTED. Not one of them raised their hands, and the take away is they're out of touch with women voters? They're out of touch with reality and so are the men that vote for them.