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Potential Fediverse Equivalent for Service Uptime Monitoring? (self.fediverse)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Teknevra to c/[email protected]
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I was wondering if there exists a platform similar to Downdetector or Down For Everyone Or Just Me (downforeveryoneorjustme.com), but specifically designed for the Fediverse and utilizing ActivityPub?

These platforms allow users to check if a website is down or if it's a personal connectivity issue.

is a tool that aggregates reports of outages across various services (e.g., internet, social media, streaming platforms) to help users determine if an issue is widespread or isolated.

is a simple service that checks if a website is down for everyone or just the person trying to access it.

If such a platform does not exist for the Fediverse, should we consider creating one?

It would be INCREDIBLY useful for monitoring instance(platform uptime and diagnosing connectivity issues within our community.

Unfortunately, I personally lack the time, energy, and motivation to initiate this project, but I believe it could be a valuable resource for all of us.

If anyone is interested in developing such a service, I personally believe that it could enhance our overall Fediverse experience EXPONENTIALLY.

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

I use https://phiresky.github.io/lemmy-federation-state as a good approximation of who is alive, who is dead, and who is just lagging behind.

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

This could be relevant:
https://github.com/statping-ng/statping-ng

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

It’s a good idea and exists at https://lemmyverse.net/instance/lemmy.world

99.36% uptime overall, other stats could be added

IDK what benefit there would be to having downdetector that was specifically for Lemmy sites, there is downdetector after all, but in general there are a couple of sites that do this. Fedidb is another one that tracks some fedi metrics also, although to me they seem a little unreliable / inconsistent from instance to instance and month to month sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I think something along the lines of showing most instances in the same page could be cool.

Because the fediverse is not about a single instance.

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

If only lemmyverse.net drew from more than once instance. If only.

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

By changing the url manually to instances you know about?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Dude, just click it. They have a whole UI and everything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's hundreds of lemmy instances. Thousands of fediverse ones

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Sure but do they matter?