Blaze (he/him)

it’s much more dangerous for the individual fish to be in a smaller school than to stay in the large school.

LW run was running 0.19.3 for more than a year after the 0.19.4 and later releases, preventing the LW users of using the new Lemmy features.

is safer for the individual to join a “too large to fail” instance.

Agree, but if you filter https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list by Active Users, and take any instance in the top 20, you’re as safe as on LW.

Lemmy.zip for instance provides monthly transparency reports on !home@lemmy.zip , such as this one: https://lemmy.zip/post/35411310

who wants to invest years in a social media site just to lose your account?

I’ve switched instances several times since June 2023. I keep the same username and profile pic, so people still recognize me, and I still recognize other users who switched instances, or even platforms (e.g. switching from Lemmy to Piefed).

I know every time I see another instance get shut down or defederated, I’m relieved I decided to sign up via .world, even if it’s sluggish at times.

You’ll see similar reactions of people not on LW every time LW takes a controversial decision: https://lemmy.world/post/24135976

“Joining the fediverse isn’t hard bro, your instance doesn’t matter, just pick one.”

It’s true, especially in cases like this when users have 3 months to pick another instance.

“Stop using Lemmy.world, we need to redistribute to smaller instances.”

Also true. Should LW go down in 90 days in a similar way, is it better if LW has 50% of the users, or a smaller number?

!privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com as a replacement for !privacyguides@lemmy.one

!privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

The no app thing is a deal breaker for a lot of people

Completely unrelated, but you finally moved to lemmy.cafe? Congrats!