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I feel like there's been a sudden influx on new active aussie.zone users. Coincidence, or did something happen? (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by eureka@aussie.zone to c/meta@aussie.zone

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I know other instances have grown a lot due to media attention, reddit making silly decisions or banning communities. Did anything similar happen or is this just a thing that thinged?

Edit: having a closer look, some of the names I thought were new are people who've had accounts for years but have mostly been posting to other instances so I didn't see them. So maybe I'm only seeing them on higher-scoring local posts

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[–] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

We're pretty protective of our ~500ish regulars. We are not a large instance, but our users are very engaged. We don't want them to be drowned out by a massive influx of new accounts utterly shifting the vibe of the site overnight

Well i hadn't considered that, but perhaps i should've considering the effect that one bot account has had.