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.
Maybe there should be gradually more friction on joining as the limiit is approached?
Otherwise it's like "99,999 - come on in!" ➡️ "100,000 - go somewhere else!" and people who aren't sure how federation works may be confused. The momentum of everyone joining may tempt the admin to stay open.
Maybe when a server gets to (for example) 70% of capacity it could switch to the "why do you want to be a member?" form which creates a bit more friction, and might push people to look elsewhere.
Yeah, even making people aware big servers are a problem would be a start.
At the moment there's no info about this when you sign up.
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