Update: 17th June 23: We are now past 150,000 users.
🎉 🎉🎉🎉
GET READY FOR JULY 1st
Update: We are now past 140,000 users. Growth is still accelerating.
When I checked yesterday it was 91,000 users, it’s now 109,000 and counting up fast!
100,000 🎉
Stats can be found here: https://the-federation.info/platform/73 - this site has been hugged to death for the moment.
Stats can also be found here: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats
Some thoughts
Being able to defederate from an instance is the very definition of the fediverse. You are not beholden to a single provider
Beehaw will certainly federate back when the problem at LW with trolls/fascists/racists/etc will be properly modded. The problem for beehaw is that LW is a victim of its success and beehaw is just protecting itself. Once properly moderated, beehaw will open its arms to LW.