I really like the concept of a federated message board. This is what I wanted for my life. However, Lemmy.ml is kinda difficult to surf through comments and it’s actually bothering me. It actually clones the new reddit, while the old reddit was much better in terms of reading.
It will only be temporary. I don’t get why they don’t close for new accounts for a few days though.
I suspect this is the chance to make user experience the best. If they deprioritized refugees from reddit then the community would miss a huge growth opportunity. With growth comes more vibrant communities, more open source contributors, which is a feedback loop to make the site more appealing altogether.