lobste.rs is an interesting case study. On the one hand, it sucked to want to join and be unable to! I was in that boat for a while. And it is also disappointingly low-volume; it can be hard to get much of a discussion going just because the user base is so small.
On the other hand, when a discussion does get going, it has easily the highest signal:noise ratio of any technology message board I’ve ever participated in. Very few low-effort posts, and a high percentage of well-thought-out, respectful conversations.
I’m not saying I think lemm.ee should follow this model, but it’s not without its merits.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 1 year ago
My complaint is it creates an echo chamber. You only get people who think the same. It’ll create a very boring experience very quickly.
Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The bans seem to only be targeting those posting csam no? I could personally live in an anti-cp echo chamber
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 1 year ago
He’s talking about an invite model. Not sure why you brought up bans as it has nothing to do with what I said.