There were always people who were carrying without any symptoms, or who had mild symptoms. That’s part of why it kept spreading.

Or why the “yankee candle index” exists, because it was people with just the smelling loss who didn’t realize they had it.

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If it’s like mastodon, most people will get bored and move back to reddit. Lemmy will grow marginally, and be more ready for the next stress test.

There will be other reddit outrages after the ipo, and lemmy will be more ready for migration. Repeat. Hopefully there’s a critical mass one day, but there’s no guarantee.