Probably a very polarizing question.
On the one hand, having most of the users and communities on LW causes technical issues (see this post), and also gives the LW staff too much power over Lemmy as a whole.
On the other hand, with 18k MAU on LW out of 47k (https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy/), every community listed there has a much higher chance of visibility compared to an alternative hosted on another instance
they are certainly stretched thin, which i would categorize more as an attackable problem than an excuse for poor performance.
i do have a few examples off the top of my head tho
Indeed, a general Lemmy problem.
good to know