I use it every day and try to contribute actively. I agree it feels stagnant. I see the same users over and over (and there are some I’ve grown rather fond of, so it’s not all bad).

I think Lemmy probably has more users than it seems, because the ratio of lurkers to posters/commentors is very high. This is also true on spezsite. But of course they have a gigantic user base, so it’s not nearly as noticeable as it is here.

Spezsite gets worse all the time, but they are sneaky and introduce the suck slowly, one shitty “feature” at the time. They know most of their users are lazy and hooked, and won’t bail on them unless they add too much suck too fast.

But I’m hopeful there’s a gradual migration that will slowly bring in more participants. I also think the more each of us can do to contribute, the better chance of converting long-time Lemmy lurkers into participating.