Given that Trump is likely to announce tarrifs against the EU sometime in the near future, the already increasing sentiment of avoiding American products and services is likely about to be turbocharged. I think this will cause a sizeable number of european Redditors to become interested in Lemmy again (I’m guilty of this myself).

I think we should be thinking about how best to prepare for this:

  1. Do we have enough server resources to accommodate a big surge in activity? Maybe we should make a donation push, and if it hasn’t been done already, we should make an application to the EU sovereign tech fund.

  2. Do we have moderation resources to deal with a surge of signups, and new activity from people who might not know or respect the rules here?

  3. Should we be advertising this instance on Reddit (and elsewhere) proactively now, or wait until tariffs are announced?

    • eigenspace@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Tarrifs don’t affect Reddit or Lemmy directly. The indirect effects will come from the fact that trade wars usually cause a surge in consumers trying to avoid products and services from the unfriendly nation.

      In this case, I think at least some European Redditors will be wanting to replace American social media platforms with European alternatives, and so will be looking again at Lemmy.

      Good point about posting to the main channel, will do.

      Edit: posted: https://feddit.org/post/7539677