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.

  • Bilb!English
    2•2 years ago

    I’m going to set up a general purpose instance tomorrow with the intention of handling a relatively large number of users. The main problem is choosing a domain!

  • @TheYang@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    Is scaling the server a largely financial issue, or not? @nutomic@lemmy.ml

    could you reasonably confidently say that you could 10x the amount of users for something like 1000$/mo on liberapay?
    If so, would you mind setting a “goalpost” for the community to help lift the financial burden?

    • @Barbarian@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0•2 years ago

      Nope. You can subscribe/post/comment on any community on any instance. There is one small seam though: if you’re the first person to subscribe from your instance, you need to put in the full URL of the community (https://lemmy.ml/c/gaming, for example) to pull it into your instance.

      After that, everybody on the same instance as you will see it when searching for communities just like it was local.

      EDIT: Oh, forgot to mention: make sure the search is set to “All”, not “Communities” when you do this.

  • @Gecko@feddit.deEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    You might wanna consider temporarily closing sign-up requests on lemmy.ml similarly to how mastodon.social did it during its large influx. Making a sign-up request and just receiving an infinite loading icon is a very frustrating experience.

    Similarly, you want to make it as easy as possible to financially contribute to lemmy, even if it means using proprietary platforms like Patreon.

    Overall, the current Reddit API change is probably one of the largest opportunities for lemmy right now, so smoothing over the user experience as fast as possible in the coming days will be of atmost importance if we want lemmy to become a viable Reddit alternative…

    • @Neil@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      Except (as far as I’m aware) your account only exists on one instance. So, if I end up on beehaw.org due to the round-robin, my account on lemmy.ml will not authenticate to that instance. I would have to have a separate account per instance which is hundreds of accounts.

  • lightrushEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    Point us to where the coin slot is. E.g. Patreon. We insert coin 🪙, you upgrade.

  • @777@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    I don’t know what happened but in the last half hour the website has become highly responsive again. Thank you admins for your hard work.

  • comfyEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    @nutomic@lemmy.ml It might be a good idea to default the Communities page to All instead of Local, to help push users into discovering other instances and promote them.

  • @ionhowto@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    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
      1•2 years ago

      @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.

    • 🔻Sleepless One🔻English
      4•2 years ago

      An account on a given instance only lets you log on to that instance. You can use that account to interact with people from other instances, however.

  • SlashzeroEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    First post for me!

    Sorry, I applied and got approved here. Still waiting to hear back from beehaw…

    I’m really digging this UI compared to Reddit, but I am 99.9% a mobile user via the native Reddit app (don’t @ me!)

    I am very tempted to setup my own instance. Wondering what resource usage looks like for an instance.

    • @pefak@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0•2 years ago

      Yeah, I think I have two accounts (I registrated in a community and then came here and had to create another one because I couldn’t log in). It’s kind of confusing for people who are not as tech savy as myself.

      • SlashzeroEnglish
        0•2 years ago

        Well, my understanding is your user exists on whatever instance you signed up on. You could technically create users on every single instance, but that is not necessary. You only need one user to exist somewhere, and then you can subscribe to, and post to communities on other instances.

        For example: from lemmy.ml, if you search for !gaming@beehaw.org you can then open the sidebar and subscribe to, and post to, the gaming community on beehaw.org with your lemmy.ml user.

        !gaming@beehaw.org is not the same community as !gaming@lemmy.ml

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          1•2 months ago

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  • @kagetora13@lemmy.caEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    Hi,

    I setup my account on lemmy.ca. But it seems I cannot sign into lemmy.ml with this account (just getting busy spinning circle. On a high level I want to subscribe to some of the communities on lemmy.ml.

    Thanks

    • @kagetora13@lemmy.caEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      After watching a video and looking around it looks like I was in error. Pretty much I can be signed into lemmy.ca … then change he view filter to show all communities and subscribe to technology community on ML. The subscribe button does not always update right away. But in my listing of lemmy.ca I see I am subscribed. Hope this helps someone else.

  • @hbar@lemmy.mlEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    Hi, as one of the new people, is there a way to transfer to another instance or would I have to create a new account there?

      • @jarfil@lemmy.mlEnglish
        0•2 years ago

        That’s kind of wrong though, isn’t it? What about stuff like GDPR data exports? Users should be able to export their data, then import it into another instance, effectively migrating instances.