I recall that we had a discussion on here at one point before the GenZ migration about whether or not lemmygrad should resist growth for fear of the culture being hijacked. If I remember right, most people felt that growth was great provided it was organic and at a manageable rate. When the GenZ migration took off, I was personally concerned it may have been a little too much, too soon, but it seems that things have played out ideally for the time being. It clearly helped a lot that there was virtually no gap in the consciousness of the GenZ crowd and the existing community at the time, allowing for a mostly smooth switch for them to the ready made platform of Lemmygrad once they were given the boot. I can’t imagine a better outcome, honestly. By and large, we’ve succeeded in taking in membership in digestible chunks with relatively little trouble, well beyond my own expectations. I anticipated a greater need for mod oversight, but this need hasn’t materialised at all.

As you highlighted, we’re currently the loudest and most active instance by miles, to the point where all federated instances are beginning to feel the influence as we crowd them out. Hopefully we can maintain this dominance and continue to hold up Lemmygrad as an oasis for people with our politics that find themselves increasingly ostracised and alienated from the reddit swill pit. In terms of a growth model, we honestly just need to kick back and watch as people with our politics are pushed out of conventional spaces. We’re ready and waiting for them. Hopefully we can keep riding this wave as smoothly as we’ve managed thus far, but I still won’t rule out caution when it comes to the need to foster a greater mod base. I’m currently keeping my eye open for anyone hoping to take on such responsibilities with the communities I made back in the day, particularly /c/documentaries. It’ll be nice to have the bases covered well in advance should there come a time when we grow to a level that requires more management.