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alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

alienating 41% of their active user base

Why would distributing users to smaller instances alienate Lemmy.world users?

If anything, distributing the load results in a better user experience, since the last Reddit exodus was taking down .world every few hours.

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dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Because it’s not simply “distributing” the load; it’s actively hiding an instance as if it doesn’t exist. So what do they do when the next instance gets “too big” for their liking? Hide it, along side LW? And the next?

Re-read my comment — specifically the second half where I offer a potential solution that would actually destroy Ute the load more fairly without having to hide anything.

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- alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  it’s actively hiding an instance as if it doesn’t exist
  
  For the purpose of directing new users, who tend to just pick the largest instance, sure. But if you and they are both federated, there’s no difference in the content.
  
  So what do they do when the next instance gets “too big” for their liking? Hide it, along side LW? And the next?
  
  Correct, because this increases the reliability of the average lemmy user’s experience as one point of failure affects fewer users.
  
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