It appears to me that the current state of Lemmy is similar to other platforms when they were smaller and more insular, and that insularity is somewhat protecting it.

I browse Lemmy, and it feels a bit like other platforms did back in 2009, before they became overwhelmed and enshitified.

If I understand it correctly, Lemmy has a similar “landed gentry” moderation scheme, where the first to create a community control it. This was easily exploited on other platforms, particularly in regards to astroturfing, censorship, and controlling a narrative.

If/when Lemmy starts to experience its own “eternal September”, what protections are in place to ensure we will not be overwhelmed and exploited?

  • @Cocodapuf
    1•4 hours ago

    You can even make it “private” (not federate) to keep others from coming in and recreating the problem you just fled.

    So assuming you don’t like to only talk to yourself, how do you decide who to let into a private instance?

    And if you stay public, let’s say for argument’s sake, that the same thing that made you leave this first community immediately happens in the new instance, then what?