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?

  • qazEnglish
    1•3 hours ago

    …they can be “linked”

    What do you mean with that?

    …is it blockchain based? or is there a central server somewhere orchestrating it all ?

    It does not use blockchain or a central server, but instead uses the ActivityPub protocol, just like Mastodon. That’s why Mastodon users can see some Lemmy posts and the other way around.

    • @gigglybastard
      1•2 hours ago

      ok thanks . by linked i meant this fediverse thing. I was reading here on reddit

      Here is the catch, users from each server can interact with one another. So users who created their account in lemmy.world can comment in the subs of lemmy.ml aka the other server.

      Now, when it comes to the last point, this is only possible if the two servers admins agree to do so. This is called federation