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Users from before the current wave of Reddit refugees, how do you feel about the incoming monsoon of refugees? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Uncreativechap@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] hamborgr@feddit.de 48 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!

[–] Lets_taco_bout_it@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] hamborgr@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

I hope you enjoy your stay here! And if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. We'll be more than happy to help.

[–] Pisck@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

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

[–] darkfoe@lemmy.serverfail.party 5 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

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] darkfoe@lemmy.serverfail.party 2 points 1 year ago

Yep - but each user needs to be approved by an admin. So if things started getting rowdy I'm sure admins would close things on the bigger instances to focus more on modding, and de-fed rowdy instances that can't keep up at least temporarily.

[–] DudePluto@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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