So ummm, weird thing about this is that the cat is out of the bag already, right? @ruud , you’re already running the biggest instance that many are happily moving to, and Reddit users know of lemmy as the alternative on the fediverse.
The Star Trek subreddit (r/startrek and two other related subreddits) literally moved over to their own instance, indefinitely it seems (startrek.webpage).
So, though it’s beyond the scope of your review, and maybe expertise, what can and should be done now by users, admins and devs alike?
How bad is it and what sort of problems are likely to arise (I know you haven’t published your report yet, but a basic heads up maybe)? Is there anything that users and moderators can do collectively at a cultural level to cover the gap?
Have you contacted the devs of lemmy and kbin (as overrun as they may be)?
As naive as this may sound, are there platform format differences that play into this and if so how (I’m thinking about threads being more publicly visible and having up and downvotes as some sort of signal).