Active users as of June 25, 2023:
- lemmy.world (48k users): 13554
- lemmy.ml (38k users): 4582
- beehaw.org (11k users): 3743
- feddit.de (6.7k users): 2320
- sh.itjust.works (6.5k users): 2167
- lemmy.ca (3.5k users): 1082
Great to see all this growth and activity in different lemmy instances!
Really it’s just drama caused by the platform not maturing yet. Beehaw’s reasons behind defederating from large instances like lemmy.world are valid, but it’s not like other instances made them do it. It’s a choice they made to be able to create the space they want in lieu of proper mod tools. Hope they realise it won’t be an overnight fix, and the longer they stick to their guns the greater the risk of their communities fizzling out, which would be a shame as I agree they are some of the best.