jack_walking wrote on December 19, 2020 at 9:02 PM

By a different point of view, I like the scarcity of people around. Makes it easier to engage in a direct conversation rather than the chaos of reddit.

I would even go as far as to propose a (monthly?) cap for new users, or joining by invitation only. That may keep the quality of posts high while decreasing scam / advertisement / etc.

In my opinion, that does not contrast with the freedom of speech that constiuetes the foundations of Ramble.

TheMadCodger wrote on December 20, 2020 at 10:04 AM

I agree with the first point. I don't live on Reddit like a lot of people and unless you happen to get somewhere just as a conversation is starting, you have no chance of being heard. That and it doesn't matter what stance you take on what subject, it seems like your inbox will always be flooded by a tonne of armchair experts informing you why you are wrong, usually in a less than civil manner.

As to your second point, do we know the number of users joining? I'm wondering if there's just an initial burst and then regrettably it loses steam?

jack_walking wrote on December 20, 2020 at 1:31 PM

Totally agree with you.

Of course the situation right now is totally OK, but it may be useful to evaluate measures in case the number of new users skyrockets. Probably Rambler has all the statistics.

Seams I still can't remember how to symlink a user :(