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This is another post that alerted me of this.

https://lemmy.world/post/13287681

And here is the modlog:

https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModRemoveCommunity

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If you join a small instance, the chances are higher that it will a) be poorly maintained and b) fold quicker, forcing you to find another instance to join and re-subscribe to all your communities.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

so long as you're regularly exporting your profile, moving instances isn't a big deal anymore.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The whole point is most people want simplicity, not a chore.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

convenience, freedom, price, safety. Choose 2

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For most users, price and convenience. That's been made very clear over and over again.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, but eventually the lack of freedom and security drives them away when the service enshittifies thoroughly.

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

That's what we like to think. Facebook, Google, kinda shows us most users are perfectly happy to continue taking abuse, though

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 9 months ago

With social media companies, they seem unassailable, until the trust thermocline is breached, and then they collapse all at once.

[–] rambaroo@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 9 months ago

Facebook has been losing users for years though.

[–] Arcturus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fortunately anyone using Lemmy is likely not one of those "most users"

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 3 points 9 months ago

As lemmy becomes mainstream, those users will become the average user here. Eternal September is just the way of things

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

Exporting what, now?

[–] bilb@lem.monster 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I run my own instance that technically does have open registration, but I can't really recommend anyone actually sign up to use it. It's not running on very powerful hardware, and my commitment to keeping it running 24/7 is "as long as it stays convenient and interesting." There are probably many, many of those. But there are a good collection of second and third tier instances now as well, I'm not to worried about .world's popularity so long as they don't do something like switch to a federation allow-list rather than a block list.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If by open registration, you mean without approval, I strongly recommend you add an approval step, due to spam.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware of the risk, but so far the captcha seems to have prevented any mass sign-up, and none of the few other existing accounts so far have any activity. That said, since I have no intention to support a user base anymore, I probably should close it anyway.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, depending on your costs, running your own instance has benefits of control.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 9 months ago

Agreed, and I don't intend to stop at the moment. When I wrote "close it" I meant registration, sorry about the ambiguous language.