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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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[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago

I'm happy with Feddit ^_^

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

Looks like beehaw.org is down

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[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Edit: If you moderate a large subreddit, do not link your users directly to lemmy.ml in your announcements

How/which URL should we link to then? Now is the best time to get users to switch to Lemmy so we need to make it as newbie friendly as possible. Already the application process has put off some people (I do like that bit though, keeps away the low effort folks). Thanks.

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

The one which is most relevant to the topic. So slrpnk.net if its an environmentalist subreddit, or feddit.it if its Italian. There are also a number of small general purpose instances around. I won't link anything here or else everyone would link to the same instance and it would also go down.

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[–] anders@rytter.me 3 points 2 years ago

@nutomic lemmy.world is a new instance which can also be used.

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

Another thing:

We do need more site admins to help us handle the applications and moderation.

For obvious reasons, we prefer ppl who have been here for a long time, and post / comment consistently. If you'd like to help us out, so that nutomic and I can focus on coding, that would be splendid.

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[–] KanyeLoveTaylor@lemmy.ml 3 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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[–] spinoza_the_jedi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (18 children)

Ok. I have what might be a strange question. Can you host a server but disable community creation (even if only temporarily)? So, the server would essentially just be a platform from which others could access content published elsewhere in the Fediverse. I'm assuming the load would then be on the database behind my instance, correct?

I'm a Platform/Cloud/DevOps Engineer (the titles are always changing) working in software. I'm reasonably sure I could host an instance to help out without much difficulty. But I'm not sure I'm ready to jump into the moderator role, though I realize I'll need to deal with those who break some basic rules.

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

Is there a feature to send a read-only/static link to Lemmy pages?

I’m envisioning a pre-cached version of the page that is updated hourly or so, rather than querying the database live for every comment on the thread. In a perfect world, these could also be offloaded to a CDN as static pages…

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

Even just caching the not-logged-in views can be a big help, as I've found with self-hosted WordPress.

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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 :)

[–] Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there any way to migrate instance or do I make a new account entirely?

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

You have to make a new account unfortunately.

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