https://pixelfed.fediverse.observer/dailystats

I don’t even use Pixelfed, but its growth is kind of interesting to me:

The ebb lasted a lot longer than I was rooting for. But now it seems to have caught a recent uptick. Still slight in terms of its maximum peak, but respectable: 47K Monthly Active Users. (about the same as the total number of MAUs on Lemmy!)

Furthermore, it’s also reflected in the half-year Active Users, meaning it’s not just people who signed in a couple months ago who are now checking back in – looks like brand-new active participants.

Any idea what caused this? Another “migrate” campaign? Did Instagram do something stupid again? Or is it just a data glitch?

  • @[email protected]English
    16•5 days ago

    only in theory

    Pixelfed doesn’t use groups/communities, so Lemmy cannot access their content since Lemmy can’t follow users

    (maybe you were thinking of PieFed? that’s a different platform with a similar name lol)

    • mesaEnglish
      1•5 days ago

      Im not sure piefed can as well? But it would be cool if it did.

      • @[email protected]English
        5•5 days ago

        I just tried and PieFed cannot access PixelFed posts. Mbin can do it.

        Personally I don’t mind the separation between some platforms, I’m fine with having 2 accounts. The UX is designed to work with the style of content anyways. But I know a lot of people want everything to work with everything.

        • JayGray91🐉🍕English
          2•4 days ago

          Is it possible that because pixelfed is more like microblogs with focus on photos mbin can access them? Because mbin always has microblogs support.

          • julian
            5•4 days ago

            I would say that Pixelfed is closer to the microblog space than it is the threaded discussion space.

            It’s essentially microblogging except with an image media focus (or video, in the case of Loops.)

            To each their own, some people communicate better using pictures, some better over short text, some better over long-form text. There’s a space for them all :smile: