this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2023
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Lemmy is booming

I have never before received so many reactions and comments on my Lemmy posts before, so it's obvious to see, that there are many new members here.
Welcome to all the new! And I'm looking forward to see more of you here.
Cheers!

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[–] tmpod@lemmy.pt 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The issue is that the "first move" advantage is quite real and the momentum gained by lemmy.ml and beehaw.org can easily dwarf diversity on the network. Of course you don't have to aggressively spread people out, but maybe the spotlight should be fairer, so to speak.

[–] Neuromancer@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you explain what the issue is? I think it's all but inevitable that one server will become the "default" server that most people will create an account on first. As they learn more about how everything works, they may choose to create another account on a server with different rules that suite them better. That flow seems much easier to me than putting pressure on new users to pick the "right" server from them off the bat.

[–] TerrorBite@meow.social 3 points 1 year ago

It happened with mastodon.social, and it'll probably happen here too.