In another conversation about the server literature.cafe potentially defederating from the Hexbear server, I found this comment chain by @Janvier to be a worthwhile read. He makes the case for smaller servers to defederate from many large servers, and not only Hexbear, as a way for smaller communities to grow organically. It is an interesting and different vision of Lemmy; many smaller ‘islands’ that are only marginally connected, instead of one big platform that is tightly connected between the different servers.
This is an insanely educational thread. Janvier really knows a lot about the behaviors and health of online communities.
I thought you might find this interesting, here is the thread quoted (you probably all read it, but still): https://literature.cafe/comment/825554
OOO interesting! So that’s where some new users are coming from I presume. It was honestly an excellent post.
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@Janvier@literature.cafe easier with the link
Thanks for the pings and support, both of you.
I wrote the thread in a mature post that was already several days old, primarily as an exercise in organizing my thoughts. I didn’t think anyone besides @gabe would see it, so I’m really pleased it has reached a larger audience and brought more attention to the instance.
Apparently it got shared quite a bit around Mastodon
