I hope DevRant won't get that popular, so we can stay such a cool small community!

I'm weirdly optimistic about that, however at least I don't see this being acquired by a bigger fish in the near future

I think when the founders are approached they will consider how the company can benefit our community. They will do the right thing 👍

Why? See now for example, there is a lot of people in devRant that we don't know, and a lot of new people joining, think this, the more members the more fun. :)

Imo devrant is about the same size as r/programmerhumor, another forum that's cool

Hm... If everyone donates a $1 a month like Patreon that could happen but you know founders need to eat too and also need to get paid for their work so I'm pretty sure they're aiming for critical mass... and perhaps either monetization (ads) or getting acquired.

I travel and I don't think I've seen you guys before. Does it just show local posts because then we are all just small communities.
Like fish in different fishbowls inside a big tank.

As per the latest stats by @dfox devRant have 30k registered users. Won't say it is small anymore... But I like the way it is growing.