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No way it's not Lemmy.world, once all the normies (for lack of a better term) learn about it they'll go swarming. It's already growing fast
The main reason it is growing is because you cannot sign up to Lemmy.ml if you tried right now.
Exactly, the easy access and low barrier of entry (like reddit, twitter, etc.) make it perfect to populate. That's kind of why some of the instances need signups right, to keep out the riff riff?
It's also the second one in recommended servers. Lemmy.ml is nowhere to be seen.
Correct me if I am wrong but I think the lemmy Devs run the .ml instance and they have specifically said the do not want to be in control of a large general instance as they have enough on there plate just refining the code base. Lemmy.world is I believe run by someone with a track record running a successful masterdon server so it looks well placed for growth atm
Not sure about that. Even if .ml was open to new signups, there are quite a few reasons people would pick .world over it:
- .ml goes down more often than .world
- .world allows non-nudity NSFW content, while .ml does not allow any NSFW content
- A lot of people have concerns about "tankie" ownership of .ml (whether that's true or not), while the owners of .world seem more politically neutral
I got in before signups were closed, and have accounts on both .ml and .world, but have abandoned my .ml account for the above reasons
You probably can, but only if you have a good reason to want to be there specifically. (I'm posting this as my @lemmy.world account, but I also have a @lemmy.ml account that I asked for because I want to be involved with meta discussion about Lemmy and Lemmy development itself.)