Fediverse server admins: have you considered putting a limit on the number of people that can join your instance?

If not, please do.

(This should really be a feature in fediverse servers like Mastodon, etc. “Max occupancy” or something with an auto-shutoff when it’s reached.)

Remember, small is beautiful ;)

If nothing else, I’m sure none of you want to become mini Zuckerbergs or Musks – eww – so let’s make sure we set the right incentives from the start.

#fediverse #scale #smallness

@aral at the #OMN we are doing a live experiment on this one

One of our instances was open on joinmastodon and one was open but not there.

The first has 500 new signups in few days and the quality has plumaged and mod/admin work spiked.

The one that grew "naturally" is still lovely and no work.

@Hamishcampbell
> the quality has plumaged

Does that mean the quality has gotten worse (aka plunged) or become lovely (aka like a bird's feathers)?

@aral

@bhaugen @Hamishcampbell @aral when the quality plumages