mesamune@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoHappy 12 million!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1620arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1615arrow-down1imageHappy 12 million!lemmy.worldmesamune@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerglullisAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down3·2 months agoTotal user count is a vanity metric. Monthly active users is more relevant and on that we are still way off from the ATH of 2.1 million from 2023. Also, with the nature of the Fediverse where one single person can have multiple accounts, even this metric might be bogus.
minus-squareHuschke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down4·2 months agoAs opposed to other social media platforms like reddit where you can only have one, right? 😜
minus-squarerglullisAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down11·2 months agoI didn’t say that reddit’s metrics were any better so your gotcha makes no sense.
Total user count is a vanity metric. Monthly active users is more relevant and on that we are still way off from the ATH of 2.1 million from 2023.
Also, with the nature of the Fediverse where one single person can have multiple accounts, even this metric might be bogus.
As opposed to other social media platforms like reddit where you can only have one, right? 😜
I didn’t say that reddit’s metrics were any better so your gotcha makes no sense.