I've decided this is good and want a Lemmy that is restricted to just the nerdiest of nerds. These little spaces are cool without all those horrible reddit users.

[–] piecat 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The less profitable we are, the less they'll bother us.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago

The closer we are to irrelevance, the farther we are from harm!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Part of me wants the fediverse to take over because the world needs open systems and not corporate outlets for ads and propaganda.

But this place is really fun how it is and I want to be selfish and keep the precious all for ourselves.

I think we have a lot of wiggle room between the two, fortunately. If we get 10x the users with the barriers to entry doing the same filtering as now, this place could really be hopping. But if we get 1000x the users and start doing Reddit numbers, who knows what it will be like.

Knowing humans, maybe there’s a critical mass at which Lemmy would fracture into multiple fediverse islands. But each could still be vastly larger than all of Lemmy right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

This is why I like SomethingAwful forums too. Open since 1999 and an account costs $10. Just a little barrier to entry keeps out the worst people and trolls help fund the site by reregistering!