For those that weren’t there for the mastadon growth, it came is several waves. the reddit blackout begins tomorrow 6/12. Are the Lemmy sysadmins expecting a second wave of growth? If so how big?

  • Pumpkin@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I agree actually, when I was joining Lemmy a few days ago I looked at a few instances and they all asked me to write a blurb why I wanted to join that instance. I get it and I think that’s a good way of curating a community but I wanted to switch to Lemmy right then, not in a few days when my application is reviewed.

    I ended up on sh.itjust.works which didn’t ask for any of that and just gave me an account, but I think quite a few people like me won’t want to wait until their application is approved.

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      1 year ago

      Agreed, although my application to Lemmy.world was approved inside about 5 minutes. However new users won’t know that, and you’re right it could definitely be off-putting IMO.