• Ulrich@feddit.org
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    13 days ago

    It’s not even that big compared to literally the two largest instances!

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      13 days ago

      Yeah, actually. Of the top five four instances by MAU according to FediDB, lemmy.ml has 9% of the total user base.

      I know there a pie charts that illustrate this point better, but I can’t find them right now.

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        13 days ago

        So here’s a question: how many of the top active communities does it host?

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          13 days ago

          According to lemmyverse.net,

          One out of the top ten when sorting by MAU. That community is !memes@lemmy.ml.

          Say what you will about the Lemmy devs and their political leanings, but they did a great job at ensuring the broader Lemmy community would not centralize onto their instance.

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              I don’t know. I’m just making rough estimates. Suffice it to say that that the lemmy.ml admins do not have any power over the vast majority of lemmy users.