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@feditips I agree, it's not necessarily true when it comes to moderation, but it's logical to new users. Especially people coming from the birdsite and other centralised platforms. The more people using a thing, the better is, right? (that's rhetorical) It's social proof in action.

It is true for stability, though. You don't want to join an instance only for it to close on you. More people using an instance probably means it's sticking around.

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I get what you're saying, but I don't know if perception reflects reality?

There are lots of nice little servers that have been around for years while some big servers have disappeared.

One way to check if a server has been around is go to its website, click "Learn more" and then click on the admin's profile. It will show the month and year they joined, and this will (usually) be the age of the server.

e.g. laserdisc.party was founded in April 2018, has 85 users.

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