Whenever barrier to entry is discussed for lemmy, and reducing confusion for different servers is brought up, all of the isolationist comments come out of the woodwork.
Apparently redditors who are too dumb to register should stay on reddit?
We have a platform that seems to be working and slowly growing. Shouldnt we want good defaults in place to give the best possible experience with minimal user effort?
We want more people who understand the concept of the fediverse and who will be good partipants. An incdeased volume of users is not necessarily a benefit, and frequently becomes a detriment as malicious actors become interested in the next big thing.
That’s exactly what I meant by: