lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead

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.

dessalines,

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.

hamborgr,

If needed, I'd also be more than happy to help.

ada,
@ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I'd raise my hand, but our own instance is blowing up, so it's probably not a good idea :)

dessalines,

We'd love to have you if you can spare the time! But ya make sure you can manage the load on blahaj first.

whiny9130,

I mean I'd love to help - either modding someone's server, offering sysadmin support, or starting my own or instance :)

Amir,
@Amir@lemmy.ml avatar

I can handle some applications daily, and I'm also planning to grow some more niche communities :)

snek_boi,

I'm happy to help if needed :)

Rhabuko, (edited )

I guess every bigger instance needs to constantly promote a monthly support fee to keep the servers runnin. Something that most people already use and don't have to register first. Like PayPal or Patreon.

Edit: And I support Lemmy now on Patreon.

goo,

Yeah, I signed up for lemmy.ml, but when trying to login I get stuck on an infinite loading button. I assume this is caused by the overloaded servers?

RagingNerdoholic, (edited )

I got that earlier today as well. I wasn't sure if it was just overloaded or if it was a UX design oversight for accounts pending approval.

Edit: yeah, it must be the server load. I can't login from my other device.

Edit 2: nope, actually it seems to be a UX bug when the username or password is incorrect. Just keeps spinning instead of giving an error message.

epical,

Would be really cool if Lemmy would be truly decentralized. I mean each user and it's followers hosted the user content. And don't come with the it's not possible or let me tell you why wouldn't work because that's exactly what happens in Scuttlebutt protocol. When will people learn. Centralization, small or big is aways a problem. We all have all it takes to make it happen, smartphones, laptops, desktops, servers.. everyone's at least one of these. So why still this mess with social platforms?!

morrowind,
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That's not "true" decentralization, it's just another type of it. The fediverse uses a form called federation, while scuttlebut uses p2p.

epical,

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    morrowind,
    @morrowind@lemmy.ml avatar

    No, p2p and federation are both different forms of decentralization

    MDKAOD,

    There is a truly decentralized reddit clone called aether.

    argv_minus_one,

    That has a serious problem. A lot of people post to social media from their phones over cell data. Hosting their own content on their phone would drain the battery and the cell data cap very quickly.

    vmaziman,

    If server crashes again the devs should just stop all registrations to this instance, people always follow path of least resistance and the first dev instance is just too easy to be stuck onto

    baronvonj,
    @baronvonj@lemmy.ml avatar

    That's what Mastodon servers were doing after Twitter.

    sibachian,
    @sibachian@lemmy.ml avatar

    Mastodon.social didn't have load issues though, they just wanted to promote federation for the health of the network, and growth slowed down considerably because of it. Not that it was a bad move, but if lemmy wants to absorb reddits userbase it will not work, because elon musk isn't a constant presence of vile encouraging migration unlike on twitter. reddit knows how to manage negative users, just look at what they did about alien blue. 4 years of premium and all was forgotten/forgiven.

    ZenFriedRice,

    This option seems pretty nice. Especially if, when refused entry, there is an easy link to browse other instances.

    knighthawk0811,

    would be nice to put a notice saying new user registration temp disabled. or on the join page the instances with disabled registration get hidden or pushed down

    Disgusted_Tadpole,
    @Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml avatar

    I believe the only way to get Lemmy working with every "refugees" is indeed to run organised instances. I'm thinking of a Circlejerk instance (yeah sorry, first example I had in mind) with all the jerk communities such as r/Watchescirclejerk, r/Carcirclejerk, etc... Could work for countries, car, music communities... I might be wrong though as I'm quite new to all of this.

    thoro, (edited )

    Not knocking the original idea, but since this isn't Reddit, I don't think we need "circlejerk" communities until the communities here become large enough to have CJ style takes to lampoon. Otherwise they'd all be satirizing Reddit and since this isn't Reddit, maybe that's best avoided?

    Could probably just be meme communities

    Disgusted_Tadpole,
    @Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml avatar

    Yeah, obviously. My point wasn’t "Damn we need those Circlejerks on Lemmy asap" haha. Just that we might need organised instances, sorted by specific subjects : animals, cars, music, food, etc.

    If I were to host an instance, let’s say for music, its communities could be guitar, piano, every instruments, and why not genre : baroque, classic, romantic, etc… So that people would know where to go to talk music.

    Having many generic instances with clone subs on each (like memes, technology, politics, whatever) won’t help audience development and instance hosting I guess.

    XLRV,
    @XLRV@lemmy.ml avatar

    It would be nice to have a gaming instance, with game specific "subs", Console and PC gaming subs, Retro gaming and Emulation subs.

    Disgusted_Tadpole,
    @Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml avatar

    I absolutely agree. I'd love hosting/paying for a server but it seems a bit tricky for me atm. I guess a "Lemmy server setup for dummies" would be great !

    XLRV,
    @XLRV@lemmy.ml avatar

    True, otherwise we can donate to existing servers to help too.

    Obi,
    @Obi@sopuli.xyz avatar

    I like that, then you'd have servers that can develop a sort of "style" and users could browse other communities from that server if they enjoyed another one.

    Ultimately you're right that having topics fragmented over multiple instances has natural risks, I think this is also something that will have a natural evolution where some will become the largest ones, others will die down and smaller ones will have to offer a more niche specialty to attract users.

    Your server will be secondary to which communities you choose to subscribe to, but I'm sure that they'll still have nice general chats and whatnot that you can participate in.

    We already have tools to navigate existing communities and I'm sure it'll only get better, then you can have a discovery solution for all servers and natural selection will do the rest.

    scrubbles,
    @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech avatar

    No idea if you're into it, but I'm working on running my own organized instance for popheads, think Taylor Swift, Camila Cabello, Lana Del Rey, there are dozens, if not hundreds of subs in that category that I think deserve their own instance. (Even SwiftieCircleJerk, which I love)

    If you're one of them, registrations are open on mine, https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech

    kagetora13,

    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,

    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.

    WastedMind,
    @WastedMind@lemmy.ml avatar

    How do you hide read posts?

    Eggcat,
    @Eggcat@lemmy.ml avatar

    No. I don't think I will.

    DaveGetsMowed,

    hehe just recovered my 3 year old account

    xelar,

    checkmate!

    infamousbelgian,

    I checked the documentation, but I have no idea how to move from one instance to another. Is it because beehaw.org is also struggling or am I just too dumb for this?

    nutomic,
    @nutomic@lemmy.ml avatar

    You make a new account on the other instance. There is no migration functionality (yet).

    Kovari,

    Does that mean that is a viable possibility that is being explored for the future? I would be interested to see how that works out in if there would need to be an "acceptance" from the admission of another instance, for example. It would certainly help lighten the load of users.

    Thanks for everything you're doing.

    Sims,

    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.

    777,

    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.

    lvl100magikarp,

    There is a new announcement saying they upgraded hardware yet again

    anders,

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

    ionhowto,

    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,

    @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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