Lemmy has had 50k MAU consistently for multiple years now. The alternatives exist, but the nature of distributed social networks that arent run by VC funded startups is that they dont aim for scale. And since were all bigtechbrained that means people think it doesnt count or exist
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/post/3mbpjkaq2nc2y
Laurens
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2026-01-06 09:32:13 UTC
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