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Whenever I see an article about this or that platform gaining a million users I always think of the Eternal September.

I'd like to see a platform where after a certain number of people join, a new server is automatically created and new users are redirected there, similar to how MMO servers worked.

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MMO servers splits were due to capacity (both for the server and the player's weak GPUs trying to render players in a crowded area), not due to community. Modern World of Warcraft, for example, has removed almost every server-specific barrier and has strongly benefitted from it.

I think what OP is suggesting is that this technical barrier artificial as it may have been helped foster community. I feel the same way as them!

The non-death of Twitter looks like it's keeping the Eternal September quarantined there. Leaders and early adopters are finding new spaces, the passive and undiscerning may not follow this time. If they've put up with this much crap, what would make them leave?

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