MicroWave@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoLemmy's total users exceeds 740k today, up from 540k yesterdaylemmy.worldimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1236arrow-down1imageLemmy's total users exceeds 740k today, up from 540k yesterdaylemmy.worldMicroWave@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square155fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarememchr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI think it’s either bots or some spooky spammers that are falsely reporting the number of users. e.g. lemmy.k6qw.com currently claims to have 44k users with no posts…
minus-squareMicroWave@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah that’s a bad instance.
minus-squarememchr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThere are many more bad instances like this in the statistics. I think it will become a problem for Lemmy sooner or later.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoProbably! But in the mean time I bet some real people will join just because they see the numbers going up.
I think it’s either bots or some spooky spammers that are falsely reporting the number of users. e.g. lemmy.k6qw.com currently claims to have 44k users with no posts…
Yeah that’s a bad instance.
There are many more bad instances like this in the statistics. I think it will become a problem for Lemmy sooner or later.
Probably! But in the mean time I bet some real people will join just because they see the numbers going up.