no nazis is big, hope we can keep that up.

i've only been on the platform for a few days but i've noticed a decent uptick in content and unique posts. probably still a lot of bots but with a decent surge of users and people getting a handle on the platform there's been a good bit of activity.

i think my concern comes from the idea that large instances could set the pace for how other instances operate. if admins for lemmy.world wanted to enact certain policies the fact that they have the largest userbase would encourage other instances to fall in line since they wouldn't want to defederate from the largest instance.

i should also admit that i'm not completely aware of the process through which instances federate and defederate from each other. i assume it's up to the discretion of the admins of each instance, and then once many begin to federate together the admins of each have their say on who can be included, with defederating occuring if there is no longer alignment between an instance and it's federation. correct me if i'm wrong, but if this is correct, large instances like lemmy.world would hold an unequal share of bargaining power in these circumstances.

i was on reddit for 10 years. i've just started taking up lemmy and the 'fediverse'. hoping this can at least partially supplant the things i use reddit for. it's going to take time to build up the userbase/collective information reddit has built up, so i am going to try and be more active on this platform than i'd otherwise be to start building on this platform. my hope is federated content sharing can be an endpoint that will be sturdier against the kind of market and social fluctuations that are ruining reddit. 'fediverse' is a dumb name tho, not crazy about that.

yeah it's important that people post and comment. lurking is only good once there's a critical mass of content and engagement to sustain that kind of passive browsing. i hope new users will understand it's early days on this platform and content has to come from somewhere!

maybe i mean .ml. i was under the impression that .world and .ml were closely related but distinct instances, as opposed to kbin which is federated but not as closely related as lemmy instances. like i said, this is new to me so i'm still getting a handle on how everything exists and interacts.

i think the core of what i'm curious about is if there is an issue if a singular instance in the 'threadiverse' gets large enough and if that has negative implications for other federated instances. if users largely centralizing in this decentralized platform detracts from the goals of federation?

yeah, i agree the issue of multiple communities serving the same purpose is minor and i don't expect it to be an issue as time goes on.

maybe it's not as much of an issue as i think but my concern would be if one instance has the vast sum of users would others be discouraged from defederating with it. if a benefit of being federated is being easily discoverable by users, than having the largest userbase would make federating with that instance inherently more valuable as communities would want to be found by those who would participate.

it could be that it wouldn't be a big issue to exist away from large instances, and i'm sure many communities wouldn't need or want to seek out users through large general instances. i just wouldn't want admins of large instances to hold unequal power over smaller federated instances that would want to reach the largest userbase.

i upgraded from the s7 to the s22 and i think its the perfect size. really marginally larger than my s7, getting something in a similar size was important to me and it really is just right.