Stats from here: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats

Like, has an instance gone down and if so, why hasn’t there been a comparable drop in users and comments?

Edit: Thanks to @example@reddthat.com here for pointing to zerobytes.monster becoming more aggressive against bots as the likely culprit.

  • example@reddthat.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I think this is zerobytes.monster, one of the reddit mirror instances.

    the post count fits and it also matches with the user count not significantly dropping.

    that instance has been using rather strict waf blocking rules from time to time that likely also affect the crawler for fediverse.observer.