Not sure where to put this... but I noticed now that others are creating communities in this instance that I wasn't subscribed to any of the ones that were created after I had joined. Might not have even been subscribed to all of them that had existed when I did - it may have been just the community that i registered under..
So I guess this is just a reminder to all to periodically check the communities list so you're not missing out on the new new.
Great catch there, and worth mentioning!
At the moment of typing, the https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/ instance has 171 users. These are people who have opened their account on this instance and log in through this instance when participating.
Meanwhile, the largest community on this instance (DRSyourGME) has 109 subscribers right now. I believe this would also include people whose accounts are from other instances, but who subscribed to this instance. Thanks to the Federated nature of Lemmy, people can do that!
That means it's likely close to just half of the people who use this instance that are actively subscribed to DRSyourGME. Right now, there's not too much difference in browsing - there are few other communities and none near as large - but eventually there will be a clear difference in how the feed is presented.
Love this discussion, love learning about the platform.