Just wanted to share a thread for those who don’t regularly venture out of the bear site. Can’t cross-post since it’s defederated. It’s small but has some numbers about community counts, active users, etc and links to more info from https://lemmyverse.net/. Thought it was notable that Hexbear shows up no matter how you sort it.

OP image is community count sorted by active users in the last month.

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  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Not that I have an account on Hexbear, but I spend a lot of time here (and enjoy it). I’m mid-forties, college degree, well-traveled (mostly North America, Europe and Asia). I have only grown more frustrated with liberals the older I get.

    • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      Consider making an account here. I used to be on .ml, found myself spending most of my time here, and made an account. You can split time, or just stay here.

      Personally, I enjoy my time here much more.

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        3 months ago

        I’ve considered it. I don’t really want to have multiple accounts, and for better or for worse, .ml is still more broadly federated.

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          3 months ago

          That’s fair! I do consider the benefits of not having constant struggle sessions like on .ml to outweigh a decrease in content. If the best content and comrades are federated with Hexbear, and the worst aren’t, the good posts we lose are worth the tradeoff for me.

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            3 months ago

            Helps keep your mind healthier too, I’m sure, not having to see the kind of garbage posted every 10 minutes on .world.

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              3 months ago

              Yep, my thoughts exactly. Do what you want to, of course, but just want to put it out there that I was in your shoes and don’t regret jumping. I still check in on .ml every once in a while, but I don’t spend all my time fighting libs in the trenches anymore.