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[–] DM_Gold@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly I'd rather have a smaller community to interact with. Less bullshit that way.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't think rapid growth is necessarily desirable either since it brings a lot of toxic behaviors from reddit along with it. The goal for Lemmy should be sustainability, as long as there are enough people to have discussions with and to bring content, enough people to host servers, and enough developers, then Lemmy will be fine. Growth for the sake of growth makes little sense.

[–] DM_Gold@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Agreed. The only benefit I really see from sustained growth is the growth of smaller sub-communities. Something like /c/vivariums or /c/modeltrains. The larger lemmy is the more likely there will be fresh content in those smaller communities.