this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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I actually think Lemmy needs more work before it grows much bigger. The mod tools are really lackluster currently. And that was a big reason people wanted to leave Reddit.
Yes. Besides, there isn't any profit being made, is there? I mean, today, more users just means more cost.
Not if they're setting up their own servers. This kind of horizontal growth is the healthiest way to grow a federated network, and something we can do that centralised platforms can't.