The community is only 13 days old. Frequently I see post on all from either the mod or new accounts all ranting about bch or related sites and they’re all super excited to tell you about it. I mean look at the pinned post and replies for goodness sake.
All new accounts. All just loving bch so much and super excited to tell you about it. A lot of the posts have strikingly similar formats too. Like bold sub-title paragraph of text and repeat. Reeks of botting/astroturfing. Just me or nah? Im going to post again regarding lemmy being cool with bots auto posting links to off site frequently, but that’s a rant for another day.
To play devil’s advocate, the instance itself appears to be created around 15 days ago (~3 or 4 Jan 2025), so most local accounts will be less than that age, and no one would sign up on that instance if they weren’t enthused about cryptocurrency.
Chances are it is a solo/small bot operation, but without context I can’t rule out that perhaps a community from somewhere else could have migrated. Either way if it becomes too obnoxious, the instance can be blocked client side or de-federated.
I would assume even if the comm was new if it grew organically, older accounts from other instances would filter in as well.
Federation can make some communities not show their posts properly which would be a reason why there is little outside engagement. See how this comm looks on lemmy.ca: https://lemmy.ca/c/[email protected]
Not that I know many that would be interested to begin with.
Fair point I do often forget about federation delays.
I haven’t even heard of that entire instance. Looked and it doesn’t seem like my instance is defederated either