Still, as Reddit is strong-arming its way across, maybe worth signaling to people there that the fediverse may be used without an account, so long as there's even one instance that implements logged-out view as the protocol allows it?

I don't have access to my account any longer, possibly VPN ban, though I never tried to recover it so I can only guess why mine is lost, else I'd post myself.

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[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 10 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I'd say the fediverse is somewhat protected against the drawbacks of growth in a way Reddit isn't.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

As long as instance owners can handle the traffic, yes.

[–] Tonuka@feddit.org 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

eh, kinda? Decentralisation means one instance can learn from the failures of another, and there's bo one thing that can bring the entire Fediverse down. But that's a worst case scenario.

What I fear is this: A spike of interest in the fediverse leads to many instances being overwhelmed, and the general newbie experience quickly turns many people away, leading to lots of people leaving with a sour taste. In the meantime, instances successfully adapt and new ones spring up, but most users aren't coming back.

Imo that's a more realistic scenario than some grandiose failure, and you could say it's already happened several times.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

A spike of interest in the fediverse leads to many instances being overwhelmed

they could just disable signups when they get too many users, or maybe use an invite system to limit signups

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

Blåhaj has that, works pretty well

[–] Tonuka@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well yeah, that's what being overwhelmed means

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 points 2 hours ago

It'd be a good way to get people to spread out and make sure they don't all join the same instance