/u/drunkenninja just posted a comment in the thread I linked which is somewhat relevant.
The problem with this place staying the same and not experiencing the much needed growth is that it will collapse under it's own weight if there isn't a community of members that are willing to support it's hosting, development and general business related needs that can only be viable if the costs are divided amongst the many. The site has been up for years with no advertising, donation buttons, outside investment or any other method to recoup the obviously significant costs of not only the year round development and management but also the costs associated with hosting a service of this size. While it's natural to want to keep something the same for risks of screwing it up, it's important that a platform like this sees the light of day and is given a chance to grow, otherwise I doubt it will be around much longer without the support needed for such a platform to thrive.
It's definitely a tricky situation, as I can totally relate to /u/AdelleChattre wanting this place to grow at the right pace even if it means the community would remain smaller for a while longer. I guess the risk here is that new members would come from other platforms in large numbers and wreak havoc by not playing nice, which is obviously a huge concern!
However I am also very confident in the underlaying functionality specifically designed to help the community with handling such influx of users which from what I can see would be coming in waves, and from what I witnessed over the last week we as a community handled the arrival of all these new people exceedingly well, so many people contributed it was beautiful to witness! I don't see how this cannot continue with the invite system serving as an effective system to control the amount of incoming members.
/u/drunkenninja just posted a comment in the thread I linked which is somewhat relevant.
But I do understand your side of concerns.
It's definitely a tricky situation, as I can totally relate to /u/AdelleChattre wanting this place to grow at the right pace even if it means the community would remain smaller for a while longer. I guess the risk here is that new members would come from other platforms in large numbers and wreak havoc by not playing nice, which is obviously a huge concern!
However I am also very confident in the underlaying functionality specifically designed to help the community with handling such influx of users which from what I can see would be coming in waves, and from what I witnessed over the last week we as a community handled the arrival of all these new people exceedingly well, so many people contributed it was beautiful to witness! I don't see how this cannot continue with the invite system serving as an effective system to control the amount of incoming members.