i’ve seen the sentiment that most of the growth being on lemmy with .world taking on the large share of users isn’t necessarily positive. other than the fact that the point of federation is decentralizing, what kind of issues arise from congregating heavily in a single instance?
i know even in just .world there a few redundant communities and i imagine that this is compounded in other instances. i don’t suppose i should expect or even want monolithic communities at the whim of just a few moderators or admins, but i don’t want to miss out on discussion and content for communities i’m interested in.
i guess i’m just curious what the development of communities and their interaction should look like with federation, and how browsing and engaging with these disparate but related spaces is going to work for the average user.
apologies if my questions about federation are basic or these questions are well known and understood for those who have been a part of communities like this for longer than i have.
Fast growth is always messy. Time will tell. Other than that we of couse need to do the right things now and steer into a healthy direction. But don’t expect this to happen without major hiccups. It’ll settle down eventually.
i agree users are going to have to help steer things, and i expect hiccups. i’m doing my best to make sure i understand what kinds of things will be healthy for this platform. as a relatively early adopter (though i acknowledged federation and these communities didn’t spring into existence the moment reddit users started looking for alternatives) i want to be able to help steer it and be able to be informative to new users who are going to start joining.