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I imagine there's excitement for the increase of activity but worries about the potential toxic side of Reddit coming along too.

I'd especially be interested in the Lemmy devs' opinions.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm actually quite pleased at the new influx of users! There's finally a good amount of activity and real discussion going on here, instead of just posts with links to articles with zero comments and no real OC.

Aside from that, I have enough faith in the moderators and the structure of the platform itself that there shouldn't be too much of a toxicity problem. Honestly, my own biggest fear is just that a lot of the new users here lose interest and move on, returning the platform to its earlier days.

For now, I just hope that the servers don't go down in flames when the 12th comes around. I can't wait to see how this platform will look further down the road though!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have enough faith in the moderators and the structure of the platform itself that there shouldnโ€™t be too much of a toxicity problem.

My concern: Are there enough moderators for the deluge coming?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe not for the initial deluge, but with sustained growth the number of mods will grow too

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe, maybe not, but the instances have the option of closing registrations for a bit if they get overwhelmed and need to regroup. This is why it's nice to see lots of other instances popping up across the fediverse

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe I'm missing something but how will that help the moderation, since users can visit/comment from any instance?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I literally just signed up and this is the first comment I've read. I feared we might be seen as outsiders so thanks. I've been banned from Reddit for quite some time but lurked on RIF. Hopefully Lemmy can scale in time.