For example, when viewing !kde here on .ml (which is the home instance, if that’s the right term), it shows these stats

and when viewing through another instance such as beehaw it shows

  • hydraliskOP
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    2 years ago

    That makes sense. Just a bit confusing, because it can make communities look inactive and put people off of subscribing when going through the explore tab for example.

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      2 years ago

      Yeah, there should really be a way to see the “total subscribers” and other stats for the total number of users from every instance instead of just your own. It could perhaps be a setting that lets you choose between seeing the total stats, stats related to your instance, and local stats.