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Reddit blackout and second growth wave (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For those that weren't there for the mastadon growth, it came is several waves. the reddit blackout begins tomorrow 6/12. Are the Lemmy sysadmins expecting a second wave of growth? If so how big?

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[–] sanguinepar 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, although my application to Lemmy.world was approved inside about 5 minutes. However new users won't know that, and you're right it could definitely be off-putting IMO.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't help that my confirmation for joining midwest.social got kicked to my spam folder.

[–] sanguinepar 3 points 1 year ago

Ugh, what a pain! Hopefully this sort of stuff is just teething problems though!