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Reddit keeps pushing on being a closed platform, now rolling out mandatory logging for old.reddit.com - worth pushing for the fediverse again? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Going by comments in the post, the required login is coming in waves, so not all people may notice immediately.

Still, as Reddit is strong-arming its way across, maybe worth signaling to people there that the fediverse may be used without an account, so long as there's even one instance that implements logged-out view as the protocol allows it?

I don't have access to my account any longer, possibly VPN ban, though I never tried to recover it so I can only guess why mine is lost, else I'd post myself.

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[–] 23 points 2 months ago (18 children)

Why bother, if they want a good community they will seek one out. Growth isn’t necessarily good for this place.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Overgrowth certainly would have some drawbacks, but stagnation probably isn't good either

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I find the fediverse to be quite lively (more than reddit) even if it doesnt have 5 posts a second. Quality > Quantity. Would rather have 1 good post that gets engagement than 10 shitposts nobody ever sees.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    we at least need to make sure we don't shrink, which can sneak up on you and be difficult to stop, better to maintain some growth

    Also we need a stream of new users to replace leaving users (there will always be churn), especially when an instance goes down many users won't signup again

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    I'd say the fediverse is somewhat protected against the drawbacks of growth in a way Reddit isn't.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    eh, kinda? Decentralisation means one instance can learn from the failures of another, and there's bo one thing that can bring the entire Fediverse down. But that's a worst case scenario.

    What I fear is this: A spike of interest in the fediverse leads to many instances being overwhelmed, and the general newbie experience quickly turns many people away, leading to lots of people leaving with a sour taste. In the meantime, instances successfully adapt and new ones spring up, but most users aren't coming back.

    Imo that's a more realistic scenario than some grandiose failure, and you could say it's already happened several times.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    A spike of interest in the fediverse leads to many instances being overwhelmed

    they could just disable signups when they get too many users, or maybe use an invite system to limit signups

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    we do need growth because its quite stagnant and contracted since instances keep disappearing. the problem with reddit is they allow alot of botting, astroturfing going on. with the last big instance shutting down i noticed it became super stagnant.

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