Posting this because no one else seems to want to, and it’s a discussion worth having outside of drama or personal conflicts. I’m undecided and can see both sides, but it’s important to address.
Potential benefits of a limit:
- Frequent posters hold significant influence and could, in theory, push misinformation or propaganda (though I haven’t seen evidence of this it’s a fair concern).
- A community dominated by one or two voices might discourage new members from participating.
- Encouraging quality over quantity could increase the value of individual posts.
Potential downsides of a limit:
- Could reduce overall community engagement.
- If set too low, it might discourage meaningful participation from well-intentioned members.
- It could inadvertently encourage the (mis)use of alt accounts.
These are some pros/cons but certainly not all! I encourage more discussion below.
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Philipthebucket likes to talk about how much he hates .world, but he’s still here looking around every day. lmao
Yes, I always read the comments in detail under every single post, just looking to see if someone has @ed me, since Lemmy for some reason doesn’t send a notification for that. Someday, maybe they’ll get around to implementing that.
I actually do read [email protected], it is the last remaining big-name LW community that I’m still subscribed to. I like the posts in general and I often upvote them. I usually stay out of the comments unless something specifically draws my attention to them, and when I visit I am often struck by the high level of stupidness and regret having come into them in the first place.
I think the moderation here used to be quite good, an anomaly among LW communities, but now it seems like it’s succumbing to the tide.