I’m not dismissive, just acknowledging one reason why that not everyone is happy about the new folks (there’s always a weird in crowd nbd.) The comments I read are using this bot suspicion to lash out at redditors because the topic of bots keeps coming up in feeds. This post is simply reflecting a general positivity about growth even if it isn’t in the most ideal way.

It seems that those of us who look beyond the hype are a minority. Lemmy has potential but also serious problems. Bots are an obvious one, meta and co invading sooner or later is another. Tankies are something that we need to keep talking about and keep an eye on any politically influenced moderating, esp. on lemmy.ml