Exactly what the trick is. Once the precedent is set, they can exploit the hell out of it.
subway
joined 2 years ago
And if you're using vpn or anything to avoid censorship, there's the nasty phone verification round waiting for you.
What the fuck is wrong with those people and their fetish with Discord? It's not a forum, it's a fucking chat platform where you have to pay for fucking emojis!
It became the largest instance and the one to absorb most of the attention-seekers that expect to be treated as "customers", despite the instance admin (of lemmy.world) emphasizing they're all volunteers working for the community.
I thought it was actually a fried egg at first glance