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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] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like beehaw.org is down

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Come join us at thebestinstance.com fam!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Have already moved - will keep hunting for the best instance for me but appreciate this Digg jr aka reddit killer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Is there any way to help out with hardware when you are peaking ? I don't have the necessary knowledge about the fediverse, but I was thinking connecting my own server, or perhaps just open a 'help out' page where some webassembly/webrtc is taking some of your peak load ?

I wouldn't mind opening an extra 'worker' page or having a helper service on my server, when I feel the lemmy server is peaking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there an API for that returns the instance list is JSON?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No. I don't think I will.

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

If I setup my own lemmy instance. Will it have to be whitelisted by other communities for me to interact with them?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does anyone know if social media is against Oracle cloud free tier ToS? I didn't see anything specific when I googled it, but ToS aren't always in that. Was trying to setup an instance on a smaller vps I have that's idle but 512MB won't cut it.

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