Just a quick update for everyone, yes OP is right and a bunch of bots signed up. We've purged them from our user count and enabled CAPTCHA. Email verification is coming soon as a secondary deterrent.
For the record nobody told us that it's not safe out here. We were aware that self-hosting was wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross; but has NO IDEA that it wasn't for the timid. π
Thanks for the heads up, StarTrek.website has enabled CAPTCHA and purged the bots from our database.
The Daystrom people are cream of the crop. They also seem very dedicated to the idea of migrating their community out of reach from spez. I think we've all been surprised by the enthusiasm, especially considering how Lemmy is still very much beta software (but quickly evolving).
We're aware thanks, something went wrong in the latest update, it'll be fixed soon.
Edit: fixed now
Yes it's on my list. Still finding out footing over here!
Yes it was, BUT OUR TIME IS FINALLY NEAR πΆπΈ
Lemmy seemed like an easier transition, but I'm definitely keeping an eye on the development of both.
The only perk we had in mind thus far was some user flair (whenever that inevitably gets invented). But you make a great point. Still getting used to this egalitarian perspective.
Your definition of "old pc" is much nicer than mine. No we're not there yet! But likely within the next few months. Lemmy.world recently made this post which you may find educational.
That's a good point I hadn't considered, appreciate the insight. As long as we can pay the bills with what comes in, I suppose for now we'll just stick with what we've got.
Lower now that you've said it out loud
/r/StarTrek had a Wiki page for Twitter accounts of Trek actors and writers, perhaps when our wiki is up and running we can maintain a list of production folk on the Fediverse.