bluejay@partizle.comtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Subscriber count on communities only show the numbers of users subscribed from your specific instance. The real number might be much larger than you think.
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1 year agoI actually ran into this while setting up this account. Made me triple check I was subbing to a community that was going to have any activity (first person from my instance to search it apparently)
Yeah this is a weird spot with who really wants to control things. I would argue anyone with a strong opinion one way or the other should probably self host. Those that can’t will need to find an instance where their views line up with the instance admin.
Ultimately I think you’re right though, instance admin has final say since uh, they’re the admin. Anyone who wants to admin a huge instance probably would leave it open for users to decide though.