Discuit just went open source, could federation be next? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by spaduf@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Announcement post here: https://discuit.substack.com/p/df5f002f-e27a-46a6-b30d-7641b266bd65

For those unfamiliar, Discuit is another Reddit alternative that's been floating around for a while. I was unable to find a MAU count, but I am honestly more interested in their software than their communities. Particularly curious what you all think of this stack. A consistent complaint around Lemmy is that a Rust backend makes contribution difficult, will a Go backend contribute to a lower overall barrier of entry?

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[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 14 points 9 months ago

I couldn't find a MAU count either, but the largest, default community is Discuit with current 4,594 members, which I suspect is not too far below lifetime active users.

As a point of comparison, the largest Lemmy instance, lemmy.world has 12k MAUs out of 143k lifetime users. If this ratio is the same on Discuit, would imply about 400 MAUs.

[-] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

Yeah they're vastly smaller than Lemmy, which is probably why they felt the need to go open source. But without federation, open source doesn't do much to change things.

I do like the site and the userbase, so if they were open to federation I think it'd be a nice little boost for us.