To support decentralization and spread, should lemmy.world close registration at some point to prevent a performance overload due to too many users? Of course, if registration is disabled, there could be a hint placed somewhere near that from other instances you can interact with content on lemmy.world just like you had registered on it. There could be a link to join-lemmys instance overview.

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[–] neurodancer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not all instances are going to be equal in terms of things like stability and uptime. It's going to be unfair and frustrating to users who might randomly end up on a bad instance. It might work if it only chose along the top x instances or something, to ensure a bit of reliability for new users.

[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It’s going to be unfair and frustrating to users who might randomly end up on a bad instance.

That's true. On the other hand, we currently entrust this decision to people who know the least.

I think we should weigh the benefits of an uninformed decision against the benefits of making signup easier.

It might work if it only chose along the top x instances or something, to ensure a bit of reliability for new users.

Yes, that sounds like a good idea. Not sure if top x is the right measure, but you're right reliability should be a criterion.