Memes

I assume because lemmy.world and lemmy.ml have so many people registered that they're becoming very sluggish. Smaller instances like lemm.ee (and civilloquy.com!) are much easier to actually use because the servers aren't dying.

I think the better question is why didn't everyone else choose wisely by picking lemm.ee? /s

But for real, it's just like the Jeep wave. See someone else on your instance in the wild? Say hello to each other and say you're the best instance! Maybe the wave wasn't the best comparison, but I have a Jeep so I was contractually forced to say so. I think that's how it works anyway.

Atm, yes, lemm.ee is running very well.

shit fast, yo

I like how your "self interest" is providing a free platform to strangers. More of that kind of self interest in the world please.

That's not a valid top level domain (TLD). Only specific letter combinations are valid. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains (technically you can apply to create a new TLD, but there's a lot of rules and it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars).

The closest existing TLD I can think of is Norway's .no (lemmy.no).

I saw there was a Lemmy.be

Yeah, that would be cool.

Mine is running on a €2.49 Hetzner VM. I already have a domain, so Lemmy is just set up on a subdomain. I secured it myself (that sort of thing is my day job). I don't think I'll need to upgrade, because it's a closed instance with only 2 users.

All told, it would be maybe €50/year if you're starting from nothing.

I haven't researched it at all but I'd be very surprised if you needed anything more than a domain name (basically free as long as you don't go for a common TLD) and somewhere to host it (literally free if you do it on a home PC but that comes with other issues). Cloudflare and extra security are nice but aren't necessary for something like this.