What caused users to sign up to specifically lemmy.ml, instead of other servers? I am aware a lot of users signed up after the spez AMA, but even before the AMA the site was overloaded.

  •  peef ಠ_ಠ   ( @PeefJerky@lemmy.ml ) English
    9•1 year ago

    Frankly, my first temptation was to ignore the overload warning for fear of missing something by joining another instance.

    I think many non tech savvy users won’t understand how Lemmy works and just give up trying to understand how to signup. Plus some instances have a form and users are waitlisted. I think that’s the biggest con of Lemmy.