I think you’re erring on the right side here, but boy do I hate using popularity as the reason. This is lemmy, so most folks are browsing by the all tab. Do you want to have a community shaped by ‘all’ or do you want the community to be shaped by people subscribed to the community (and following ‘the rules’ that are set in the community)? It’s sort of the flip side of the coin of the women’s space community that always whines when people come in to a post they see and comment/vote.
I think you’re erring on the right side here, but boy do I hate using popularity as the reason. This is lemmy, so most folks are browsing by the all tab. Do you want to have a community shaped by ‘all’ or do you want the community to be shaped by people subscribed to the community (and following ‘the rules’ that are set in the community)? It’s sort of the flip side of the coin of the women’s space community that always whines when people come in to a post they see and comment/vote.