• megane-kun
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    1 year ago

    Thanks! What do you make of the unusually high bounce rate (and low average visit duration) for lemmy.ml though? That has been a head-scratcher for me. Did it not gain people from the migration as well‌ (which makes for better interaction)?

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      1 year ago

      Could it also be due to load/server issues? When I have trouble with page loads on .world I have a tendency to bounce and have a low average visit time.

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        1 year ago

        I’m actually quite the opposite, I wait until a page loads. Between the two of us, it evens out, lol!

        But yeah, I have a pet theory as to why lemmy.ml has a high bounce rate and low average visit duration: people migrating from Reddit dismiss lemmy.ml for whatever reason and check out other instances instead. That’s probably also why it didn’t gain as many users as other instances (comparatively speaking).

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          I think lemmy.ml restricted registration and had a PSA telling people to join other instances. They didn’t gain that many users because they didn’t want to, probably because their infra couldn’t handle it (hence also the bouncing).

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            1 year ago

            This, as well as their performance seems to paint a picture that explains the figures in the table. Thanks!

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      What do you make of the unusually high bounce rate (and low average visit duration) for lemmy.ml though? That has been a head-scratcher for me.

      It shouldn’t be a head scratcher. lemmy.ml was running like ass for much of it, with some periods of being completely down. Poor performance will drive up your bounce rate massively.

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        1 year ago

        Ah, I see. I wasn’t aware that it was that bad over in lemmy.ml, thanks!

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      1 year ago

      Could it be due to the fact they restricted registration? Not sure if it happened in June or July though.