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I for one have stopped posting any content to lemmy.ml communities.

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[–] can 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Do they though?

I was rejected when I first tried to sign up (when I was entirely new to lemmy) and they're turning at least one user away now

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Ah, they do it now? When I signed up there (~3y ago) there was no such thing.

Anyway, it's still a problem because most users interacting with .ml content are from other instances.

[–] can 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

3 years ago were there any other instances with traction? Agreed on your second point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Nah, there were just LG and .ml, as OpenStars said. Technically HB too but they didn't federate due to technical limitations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Lemmygrad.ml is 5 years old, and hexbear.net is 4 years old.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yep. I was not accepted several times. Now I am

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] can 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Who knows? Lemmy gave very little feedback messages then. I found a good instance to stick with.

Edit: it would have been around when I made this account (i.e. couple days before blackout protest and maybe they wanted to encourage signups at the several others that had recently popped up.