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

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by nutomic@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Sims@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years 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.

[–] darkknight@midwest.social 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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[–] arielbnz@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Im a lemmy.ml user since 2021. I need to create a community 'goth-music-oriented' or need help to get /c/goth more visible (it doesn't appear in the lemmy community browsing.

The former community creator, Maya, i think she abandoned the community. Her last post was 2 years ago. Thank you in advance for any help.

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[–] ionhowto@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use kbin too.

New to this feedverse or how you call it.

Why isn't there one login that can post on all platforms and I have to signup on each separately?

If there is, you're not making it obvious I guess.

[–] anders@rytter.me 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@nutomic @ionhowto you dont have to sign up on multiple instances. if you want to comment a post on another instance, copy the url and paste in into the search field and then your current instance will fetch the post so you can comment on it.

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[–] Barbarian@lemmy.reckless.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Well, I've moved out until this dies down. Leaving my lemmy.ml account inactive and living here for a while :)

[–] OhSnapKracklePopped@lemmy.ml 3 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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[–] feetongrass@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like beehaw.org is down

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[–] Zagaroth@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

So, might I recommend having a button on the top bar that shows us the instances we've subscribed to, and maybe a quick link to the list of available instances? People like easy navigation, having to do multiple bookmarks or navigate through finding a link to the list of servers is not easy navigation.

[–] LibertyBeta@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

If this is the Mastodon moment, ho boy. Don't envy the sysadmins.

[–] Two9A@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Might be a silly question, but: does ActivityPub support setting up a subinstance that gets its data from somewhere else? Traditionally you'd probably do that with a pgsql machine and multiple frontends, but having thought about it while typing this out, putting that load on the ActivityPub protocol would mean loading up the master to much the same extent as just having the traffic hit the master directly...

[–] tmpod@lemmy.pt 3 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure how such arrangement would work, but if postgres really becomes a bottleneck, hosters could consider some sort of managed postgres cluster.

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[–] tristanphips@lemmy.ml 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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