So going to that instance, and going to its list of federated communities (https://parapheum.com/communities/listing_type/All/page/1) shows a few sizeable ones. Also note the instance’s description (see https://parapheum.com/) which is basically to distribute the server load without any commitment to any particular kind of community.
So, could be full of lurkers, or parallel accounts created to avoid server overload that will be soon dropped. So probably some bloat in these numbers, as there are for other platforms too
Looking at their numbers on their home page, it looks like people might be moving off of the instance, but again, people have definitely subscribed to various communites there and might just be lurking.
Here’s an insightful comment I ran into, it looks like lemmy.podycust.co.uk / parapheum users don’t seem to be making much interactions with other instances.
@Odo Yep … little Lemmy has grown up fast it seems. As commented here (https://lemmy.world/comment/379209) … this is a sign of success and actual growth. Unfortunately, admins and devs will need to adapt!
I guess that’s possible. The instances I mentioned look like this:
https://fedidb.org/network/instance/parapheum.com
2 posts, 1 comment overall.
It had 10 users two days ago and 4.6k today, not a single one of them seems to have posted or commented.
@Odo
So going to that instance, and going to its list of federated communities (https://parapheum.com/communities/listing_type/All/page/1) shows a few sizeable ones. Also note the instance’s description (see https://parapheum.com/) which is basically to distribute the server load without any commitment to any particular kind of community.
So, could be full of lurkers, or parallel accounts created to avoid server overload that will be soon dropped. So probably some bloat in these numbers, as there are for other platforms too
@Odo
This one is probably more illustrative: https://lemmy.podycust.co.uk/
Looking at their numbers on their home page, it looks like people might be moving off of the instance, but again, people have definitely subscribed to various communites there and might just be lurking.
Here’s an insightful comment I ran into, it looks like lemmy.podycust.co.uk / parapheum users don’t seem to be making much interactions with other instances.
@Odo Yep … little Lemmy has grown up fast it seems. As commented here (https://lemmy.world/comment/379209) … this is a sign of success and actual growth. Unfortunately, admins and devs will need to adapt!
@Odo So, the lemmy numbers are probably bloated by spam accounts: see eg https://lemmy.world/post/293545
I wonder if some instances are just for spam?