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lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This site is currently struggling to handle the amount of new users. I have already upgraded the server, but it will go down regardless if half of Reddit tries to join.

However Lemmy is federated software, meaning you can interact seamlessly with communities on other instances like beehaw.org or lemmy.one. The documentation explains in more detail how this works. Use the instance list to find one where you can register. Then use the Community Browser to find interesting communities. Paste the community url into the search field to follow it.

You can help other Reddit refugees by inviting them to the same Lemmy instance where you joined. This way we can spread the load across many different servers. And users with similar interests will end up together on the same instances. Others on the same instance can also automatically see posts from all the communities that you follow.

Edit: If you moderate a large subreddit, do not link your users directly to lemmy.ml in your announcements. That way the server will only go down sooner.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

At what point do you plan to close this instance to new users?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Thar she blows!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I just tried making an account on beehaw but I'm not able to login, are they having problems as well or do they have some kind of an account screening proccess that just takes awhile?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

New user,how do I donate / tip to help you peeps cover server costs? It wasn't directly obvious how to do it; apologize if it's a big button right on a page that I missed.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I wouldn't mind running my own single user instance, but it seems a little challenging to set up rn. I would love to be able to set one up easily with a rasperry pi or my truenas core server.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

@nutomic For now I am using my brand new mastodon as backup, but I am thinking of joining kbin as well. So many options!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a way to sort new Lemmy instances ? I check Lemmy on a daily basis for joining new instances that meet my interest. I wish there is a way to check only the new instances, maybe email notifications or something ?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know what happened but in the last half hour the website has become highly responsive again. Thank you admins for your hard work.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was approved for both lemmy.ml and Beehaw. I kind of got into a groove on Beehaw and tried to delete Lemmy.ml, but it wouldn’t let me. Is that going to create any problems if I just stay signed off?

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