You can use https://lemmyverse.net/ to check actual subscriber numbers.

Edit: Why YSK: New users of Lemmy can find the number low and think that a community is dead or inactive, when infact it might be a thriving place with a lot of activity.

  • jose1324@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is a huge thing I didn’t know about. Lemmy really needs to show the full number. I’m on .world and even here everything seems really niche and small. It hurts perception hugely

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      Yeah, there currently seem to be a bunch of rough edges with Lemmy. Another is that iirc editing a comment increases the comment count shown on a post.

      Nothing that can’t be fixed though, and it’s encouraging how good Lemmy feels already compared to reddit (for me at least).

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        1 year ago

        Another such rough edge is that comments sometimes get posted twice, like your comment Screenshot of two of the same comments showing up in the threadt

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          Haha, got a “network error” on my first attempt so clicked send again, I guess it did go through the first time after all :D

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            1 year ago

            Typical Lemmy experience, haha.

            Honestly has its charms, gives me the feeling of nostalgia, like we’re back in the early 2000’s.

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            1 year ago

            Same thing happened to me on reddit official android app many times.

        • Tunahan Yılmaz@lemmy.world
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          A similar thing actually happens on Reddit. You can click the send button more than once if you’re quick enough. I saw it all the time.

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      At a bare minimum it should be called ‘local subscribers’ to make that clear if there are technical reasons making a total number difficult

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      Yeah, there currently seem to be a bunch of rough edges with Lemmy. Another is that iirc editing a comment increases the comment count shown on a post.

      Nothing that can’t be fixed though, and it’s encouraging how good Lemmy feels already compared to reddit (for me at least).