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This argument applies more to “instance with lots of users and groups” (what we have now) than “communities with lots of users on topic-specific instances”, so I don’t think this is the problem here.

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Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Let’s say we are in a different universe where lemm.ee is a users instance, and not a groups instances.

Drama still happens involving lemm.ee users.
Admins still get burnt out.
They still shut down the instance.

So indeed the communities wouldn’t have to move, but the 5.5k monthly active users of Lemm.ee (out of 47k total) would still have to find a new instance.

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- rglullis@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  They still shut down the instance.
  
  But then only the users on lemm.ee are affected by it.
  
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  - Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Less communities on their instances means less traffic, less activities, less moderation reports (they would have to deal only with users on their own instances)
    
    Those users are the same as in our universe for lemm.ee as a user instance. They stir the same dramas, create the same number of alts, violate rules in a similar way.
    
    if even then they are overloaded with work, they could decide to scale down the operation before reaching burning-out point: close the instance for new registrations, make user registration conditional on payment/donation, etc.
    
    That was available to the lemm.ee admins in our scenario as well. They preferred to shut the instance down rather than reduce.
    
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    rglullis@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    That was available to the lemm.ee admins in our scenario as well.
    
    It is a lot more difficult to get out of burn out than it is to avoid getting there in the first place.
    
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