I thought this was an interesting post and discussion on selfhosted. Thoughts?

Some great points, but it’s nonsense to say r/selfhosted isnt about selfhosting. I’ve learned so much there.

  • spector
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    3 days ago

    Voats problem wasn’t engagement. It was literal nazis.

    They tried to prop up a thin veneer of legitimacy but at some point they just stopped caring. The front page became blatant “kill all [whatever]” type posts. That’s when engagement completely collapsed.

    Lemmy has some clearly in bad faith instances which are probably run by nazis. Federation seems to be doing its job of resilience.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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      2 days ago

      Yea, no disagreement. I more am curious if the federated nature is what helps mitigate that risk, or if there is some other systemic distinction that has helped.

      I also just don’t know what the others were like long-term - did they peeter out? Would I realize it if lemmy was in the same decline?