I joined during the first Reddit exodus, and it seemed like for ages the amount of Lemmy content was generally increasing (sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, but overall increasing). Now it seems that when I sort by New, I get through everything since my last visit much more quickly than I used to. Is that my imagination, or is the activity declining?

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[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I've definately noticed it too. I've tried to look for stats, and most seem to indicate that there is plenty of activity, but I dont really see it. At this point, I can scroll through the day's all feed in like 20 minutes, nonetheless my subscribed feed. I kind-of wonder if theres one or two instances with a lot of bot activity effectively inflating the numbers.

Edit: Is there a way to see monthly posts by instance, or compare percentage of posts? That would be an easy way to prove or disprove my bots theory.

Edit 2: fediverse.observer shows monthly (Or rather, total by month) local posts by instance but not federated, and their overall stats are warped by a few bot instances that you can't filter out. That said, for local posts on a few of the big instances, the rate seems stable. That said, smaller instances are shutting down so I don't know if that has an impact on the overall posting rate.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I said that in July instance admins said it's often quieter over summer

[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

I'd expect that, although I've noticed this trend continuing (and seemingly getting worse) for months now.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

That was what got me making this post.