join-lemmy.org regularly crawls all active Lemmy instances to keep the instance list updated. Additionally it also collects data from all Lemmy communities. The data is now publicly available in the following git repository:

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-statistics

Check the readme for details about the available data. Interestingly the numbers are quite different from other websites:

join-lemmy.org fediverse.observer fedidb.com
Monthly Active Users 42.170 36.336 50.063
Instances 512 376 446

Here are some ideas what to do with the data:

  • Recreate the Lemmymap, graphically showing the connections or defederations between instances.
  • Render graphs, which could be added directly to join-lemmy.org (#532).
  • Investigate what is causing the different numbers shown above.
  • Run various types of analysis, like this one done by @malsadev.
  • Build a tool to help users discover interesting and relevant communities.
  • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    7 hours ago

    Platforms like Voat have disgustingly promoted fascist ideologies in the name of “free speech”, but that doesn’t excuse leading members of Lemmygrad, Hexbear, and Lemmy.ml from their persistent history of supporting Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, supporting Chinese totalitarianism (not even true communism) over Taiwanese democracy, and disgusting transphobia.

    1. These 3 instances support the people of Donetsk and Luhansk, which is the standard communist position globally.
    2. The PRC is a socialist country, public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy and the working classes control the state. At a democratic level, local elections are direct, while higher levels are elected by lower rungs. At the top, constant opinion gathering and polling occurs, gathering public opinion, driving gradual change. This system is better elaborated on in Professor Roland Boer’s Socialism in Power: On the History and Theory of Socialist Governance. Taiwan, on the other hand, is largely controlled by capitalists, and despite their claims of being the rightful rulers of all of China, almost no countries recognize it over the PRC.

    I don’t know what you mean by “true” communism.

    1. All 3 of those instances are some of the most trans-positive and friendly instances on Lemmy. The views of Nutomic do not represent the views of the average user, this is confirmed by anyone spending any time in any of the 3 instances you listed. Communists are pro-LGBTQIA+.