this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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How do you feel about the massive influx of users?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That user does have a point. The higher a barrier to entry the less people you are going to get.

Though there is something to be said for the selection of people that get filtered out. While I appreciate large communities because of the variety of view points available, the quality increasing due to a barrier of entry has advantages too.

As a side note, thanks for writing up guides for people!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm also in favour of a higher human-to-bot ratio, which a small hurdle should help with.

[–] Alkalyon 4 points 1 year ago

The higher a barrier to entry the less people you are going to get.

And that's ok. MOST redditors are lurkers who don't interact with the platform and/or bot accounts. Nothing good will come to this platform if these accounts move over.

Give the platform 2 minutes to figure out how it works and all is ok. This on its own is a great screening process.

Not that the platform is hard. It's just different.