There has been a big spike in growth over the last 2 days, and some rather suspicious new instances appeared out of nowhere with thousands of new users, even though there is close to no activity in any of them.
Could all those be bots? Would it be smart to block those instances preemptively?
I fit this cohort but I’m here legitimately. I feel like there was a “breaking point” that we are overtly past the point of no return that was solidified with the chaos over the weekend. I have been putting a Lemmy account off because “I’ll do it when the Apps are done” but it’s just so bad to force it preemptively.
I think this is a fitting first post to break away from lurker-ship.