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I think a lot of instances are about to experience their own version of the Eternal September.

• nemo44x 4y ago
  I agree. It’s going to be the worst thing that happened to some of the communities there. Scam and Spam in particular have fresh greenfield with little to stop them. That is if the entire thing doesn’t fall over.
  • bombcar 4y ago
    The smart instances have closed the doors hard (or invite-only) to try to mitigate the destruction. The waves will pass, but some servers will have suffered fatal damage from it.
  • jrnichols 4y ago
    the fediverse has also been a safe haven for some otherwise marginalized communities too, and I am concerned that a flood of other users that are not familiar with the culture could overwhelm things and change the vibe significantly. Also worried about what happens when advertisers & corporate money finds its way to the fediverse. Where users go, advertisers always follow, sadly. We'll see how long this new surge lasts. I have 2 accounts on different instances and watched a 3rd that I used a lot vanish along with the instance itself when it became flooded with very illegal content.
    • Kye 4y ago
      I'm not sure I would call it a safe haven. The same infighting that plagues marginalized communities on Twitter is there on Mastodon. I've had to block entire instances of people I otherwise agree with because they spent all their time making callouts, many quite questionable.