Theres a lot of websites that claim to track the fediverse in its totality. But the numbers are all over the place.

So…hows the Fedi vibe lately?

  • noahm@lemmy.world
    16·
    4 days ago

    Not great, IMO.

    Lemmy seems to have stabilized, if not stagnated. There are a few active political and tech communities, but they’re not particularly diverse in their viewpoints. Most of the other communities I used to follow on Reddit (local/regional discussion, US sports, cycling, etc) never really reached critical mass here and are basically ghost towns.

    Mastodon is similar. I’ve observed a number of moderately high profile accounts move back to X/Twitter in recent weeks/months. I’ve been on Mastodon since 2017 or so. I think 2023 or 2024 were probably the high-water mark for activity. Things may look different from other perspectives.

    I’m still here, and have no intention of going back to X/Twitter or Reddit any time soon, but the fediverse increasingly feels like usenet. Still inhabited by a few diehard lifers, but generally irrelevant to the broader population.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
      3·
      4 days ago

      Unlike usenet, it seems like all it would take is another big exodus, though. Or, so one hopes. And it’s not like anything about the world is really stable right now.

      but they’re not particularly diverse in their viewpoints.

      Much like the Borg. Even as a part of it, damn, there really isn’t a lot of divergence, lol.

      • pmk@piefed.caEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        there really isn’t a lot of divergence

        There’s plenty of divergence, for example we have everything from Debian to NixOS users, and heck even the odd BSD user. And they don’t even agree on which text editor is the best for programming, so there’s plenty to discuss.