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.

Edit: sorted by comments

  • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    47·
    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.

    • electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      45·
      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.

      • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        42·
        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.

        • electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
          34·
          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.

          • Cowbee [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
            33·
            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.