I think you make a fair point, but Lemmy has one major strength that lobste.rs does not have here: Lemmy is federated, so you can split up your social graph between multiple instances, or as many people do, you can even host your own instance just for your own inner circle.
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mechatux@lemm.ee 2 years ago
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sunaurus@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
If I may, lemm.ee is now the second biggest instance. Redirecting people to register on local instances (feddit.country) or generalist ones (reddthat.com, Lemmy.today, discuss.online etc.) couldebe reasonable to make those ones grow as well.
I agree that there should be a clear lists of instances open for registrations, but that probably needs to wait for the dust to settle a bit beforehand
koreth@lemm.ee 2 years ago
lobste.rs is an interesting case study. On the one hand, it sucked to want to join and be unable to! I was in that boat for a while. And it is also disappointingly low-volume; it can be hard to get much of a discussion going just because the user base is so small.
On the other hand, when a discussion does get going, it has easily the highest signal:noise ratio of any technology message board I’ve ever participated in. Very few low-effort posts, and a high percentage of well-thought-out, respectful conversations.
I’m not saying I think lemm.ee should follow this model, but it’s not without its merits.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 years ago
My complaint is it creates an echo chamber. You only get people who think the same. It’ll create a very boring experience very quickly.
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
The bans seem to only be targeting those posting csam no? I could personally live in an anti-cp echo chamber
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 years ago
He’s talking about an invite model. Not sure why you brought up bans as it has nothing to do with what I said.