top | item 47053259 AT Protocol (New Site) 5 points| danabramov | 12 days ago |atproto.com 2 comments order hn newest ChrisArchitect|12 days ago Blog post: https://atproto.com/blog/new-site-2026 verdverm|12 days ago Man, I love atproto, but also hate that they are using the "40M+ users" lie on the front page1. Account != User, eg. devs are creating real accounts for local development, I have double digit accounts personally2. An unreproducible number, I've always been several million short (4-5)3. The actually active user count is an order of magnitude lower, double digit millions of what look to be dead accountsLet's be real instead of broadcasting a feel good misrepresentation
verdverm|12 days ago Man, I love atproto, but also hate that they are using the "40M+ users" lie on the front page1. Account != User, eg. devs are creating real accounts for local development, I have double digit accounts personally2. An unreproducible number, I've always been several million short (4-5)3. The actually active user count is an order of magnitude lower, double digit millions of what look to be dead accountsLet's be real instead of broadcasting a feel good misrepresentation
ChrisArchitect|12 days ago
verdverm|12 days ago
1. Account != User, eg. devs are creating real accounts for local development, I have double digit accounts personally
2. An unreproducible number, I've always been several million short (4-5)
3. The actually active user count is an order of magnitude lower, double digit millions of what look to be dead accounts
Let's be real instead of broadcasting a feel good misrepresentation