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Preparing for a surge in users when American tariffs are announced

Given that Trump is likely to announce tarrifs against the EU sometime in the near future, the already increasing sentiment of avoiding American products and services is likely about to be turbocharged. I think this will cause a sizeable number of european Redditors to become interested in Lemmy again (I'm guilty of this myself).

I think we should be thinking about how best to prepare for this:

  1. Do we have enough server resources to accommodate a big surge in activity? Maybe we should make a donation push, and if it hasn't been done already, we should make an application to the EU sovereign tech fund.
  2. Do we have moderation resources to deal with a surge of signups, and new activity from people who might not know or respect the rules here?
  3. Should we be advertising this instance on Reddit (and elsewhere) proactively now, or wait until tariffs are announced?
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Could we maybe consider something else than the EU flag for the community icon?

Hello everyone,

This community is only a few hours old, and already there is a meta post ha ha.

I was just thinking that the EU flag doesn't include non-EU countries such as Switzerland, the UK, Norway, Ukraine, Iceland, Albania, Georgia, etc.

Maybe a more "map-based" logo like this one could be considered too?