The /r/piracy link to lemmy /c/piracy hit the reddit frontpage with 7K+ updoots!

[r00ty@kbin.life]

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).

[rabbit@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Even if they don't stick around they probably know that the days of reddit allowing stuff like piracy and rom resources is coming to a close, so even them just seeing lemmy as a fallback plan to keep in mind is a positive move in the long run.

[db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Captcha and email verification are trivially defeated by bots. If just getting lurkers is a concern, try using a registration application form like we do. Do you at least see these lurkers as MAU? (i.e. voting)

[blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

There was a post by @[email protected] on [email protected] about it

[r00ty@kbin.life]

No. I see several genuine looking users that registered and did nothing (fine I guess). But there's a lot with very similar <somethingnnn>@gmail.com. Some don't do anything and so far I've left them. Some are clearly posting advert crap and they get deleted as soon as I see it. Every now and then I just go through purge the rest that are clearly bot accounts.

If I was actually getting genuine active users I might look into making a form or otherwise making it difficult (not sure if mbin has that ability mind you). But seems I don't really get real users. Just me, posting and commenting all day.

[wit@lemmy.world]

Is there some infographic or image that explains how lemmy works? It may get confusing for new people. Even myself, I have been sort of "out of" lemmy and I don't remember how tagging or linking instances works anymore. It would be nice to get an image that explains those things to just post around for new users..

[timlovestech@badatbeing.social]

My instance is small potatoes, so no new applications for me (so far). =(

[superjimboomba@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Guess I am one of the 536 newbies hahahaha!

[smeg@feddit.uk]

Everyone remember to be kind to the newbies, not assume that they immediately understand for the fediverse works, and not to talk about your favourite Linux distro until the second date

[blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Welcome!

[blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

https://support.lemmy.world/quickstart/

• [email protected]

[taaz@biglemmowski.win]

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

[irelephant@lemm.ee]

The only link that doesn't work for me is lemmy.world.

[wit@lemmy.world]

Please, don't take this the wrong way, seriously:

I find that quickstart entirely useless. How to create communities is already pretty self explanatory, as there is a button for "Create Community". The same goes for Search.

I think an image/infographic with things like "how to link users?", "how to link communities?", is much more useful, as there are no quick ways to find that out, i.e., no buttons.

[tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

For what it's worth, your insurance name is spectacular!

[wit@lemmy.world]

Guess I am one of the 536 newbies hahahaha!

Welcome my friend! Spread the word around. Be part of the resistance!

[onlinepersona@programming.dev]

Was it taken down? I don't see it. Why was it being promoted in the first place and how was it not immediately banned? I thought reddit banned anything lemmy related.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[lost_my_mind@lemmy.world]

So, what's your take on all the Lemmy.ml drama? What do you MEAN you don't know what I'm talking about??? Is this your first day on Lemmy or something? Oh, it is? Oh.

Ignore me. I'm making bad jokes.

[wit@lemmy.world]

Is that link (lemmy.world) banned reddit wide?

[lost_my_mind@lemmy.world]

Second date? I'm getting a date out of this now? Oh. Oh man. This is intense! I didn't even know she LIKED me! Wait....I don't even know who we're talking about!!!