Almost! At the time of this post, lemmy.world has a whopping 25733 users and is growing fast.
Since my last post yesterday, it has added 4000 new users, making it the clear second-largest lemmy instance out there. Also quickly catching up to lemmy.ml’s 36000 (not taking new signups).
beehaw.org (3rd largest) sits at 12500 users, partly because of more restrictive registration requirements.
Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list
Exciting to see all this growth!
Welcome! I went through the same thought process.
Went with lemmy.one because it felt really snappy while navigating communities. I was torn between .world and .one but then I saw that beehaw de-federated from .world which I didn’t like because beehaw has some of the more popular and active subs.
It seems like beehaw.org focuses their userbase’s activity within a handful of communities, whereas lemmy.world spreads it out across a wide range of (unlimited) communities. Seems to be working for beehaw so far, but we’ll see how long that lasts.
I realized that there are no downvotes on lemmy? Do I have that right? Wouldn’t downvoting allow for better community moderation?
The lemmy network allows downvotes by default. Looks like both beehaw.org and lemmy.one (where your account is registered) have disabled them. I can downvote on lemmy.world.
I’ve also noticed some instances have updoots and downvotes broken out like Reddit used to, but other seem to aggregate them.
Got it. Yeah reading more about it in some threads now. Can you downvote my posts from your instance while it’s disabled on my instance?
Yep I can downvote your posts from my instance. Happy to downvote you if you’d like lol
Lol, interesting! So I guess the downvote will have weight when viewing from .world for yourself and fellow .world users, but it won’t offer any weight on .one?
If I have that right it’s a very cool example of instances curating content for their local community members in a way that works for them. Doesn’t mean I won’t see someone’s comment, but a user that got buried may have a chance of being heard by other communities. Very cool.
I’m still unclear on how downvotes from the whole network are treated by instances/servers that don’t allow their own users to downvote. So if you find any info that, please share.