Just wanted to share a thread for those who don’t regularly venture out of the bear site. Can’t cross-post since it’s defederated. It’s small but has some numbers about community counts, active users, etc and links to more info from https://lemmyverse.net/. Thought it was notable that Hexbear shows up no matter how you sort it.

OP image is community count sorted by active users in the last month.

Edit: sorted by comments

  • electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    45·
    4 months ago

    I’ve considered it. I don’t really want to have multiple accounts, and for better or for worse, .ml is still more broadly federated.

    • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      41·
      4 months ago

      That’s fair! I do consider the benefits of not having constant struggle sessions like on .ml to outweigh a decrease in content. If the best content and comrades are federated with Hexbear, and the worst aren’t, the good posts we lose are worth the tradeoff for me.

      • electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
        34·
        4 months ago

        Helps keep your mind healthier too, I’m sure, not having to see the kind of garbage posted every 10 minutes on .world.

        • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          33·
          4 months ago

          Yep, my thoughts exactly. Do what you want to, of course, but just want to put it out there that I was in your shoes and don’t regret jumping. I still check in on .ml every once in a while, but I don’t spend all my time fighting libs in the trenches anymore.