Just 21 days ago, June 1st 2023, we started a Lemmy server https://lemmy.world.
Immediately after, Reddit did some bad stuff, for example the API pricing, so many people fled Reddit and landed on Lemmy.
This caused lemmy.world to grow quickly, today it has become the ...
2023-06-21 06:29:44 +0000 UTC View PostSince we created this Patreon account back in November, when the sudden growth hit us, things have come back to 'normal'.
That is, instead of 150 users (before November), we now host 150.000 users. So that's the new normal. Growth has slowed down, and the system looks stable and responsive. You can check the site's status at 2023-03-16 14:31:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Mastodon.world has grown from 100 to 15000 users within 2 days!
This is awesome. We have also grown the team from 1 to 6 people, al volunteers helping to keep this a happy and welcoming place.
It also means the running costs have risen, and we plan to scale for more growth. Therefore we decided to start a patreon.
2022-11-07 13:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post