Wintermute

I think you’re underestimating the number of requests that a server can handle. Even my tiny instance currently sees dozens of requests every second and is very lightly loaded. A single request per minute is an immeasurably small load.

AFAIK, you can’t load comments on posts manually. You only get comments that are pushed to your instance after someone has subscribed to the community containing the post.

The theis here does not really appear to be correct. Comparing MAU here, lemmy.world’s MAU is flatter than the entire Lemmy platform’s, implying that other platforms are seeing users drop off at a faster rate.

There are a number of tools that monitor the fediverse. Here’s one. The thesis does not appear to be correct though. As lemmy.world’s monthly active users is stabalizing, Lemmy as a whole is declining.

I agree. Sadly it seems the rest of the world does not. Hopefully as Lemmy matures we can get to a point where features are not pushed put half-baked because there aren’t enough people willing and able to give thorough code reviews.