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.

rusty_spoon,

I applied for a few other instances but this one came through first. Your downfall is being too good compared to the competition.

bahcodad,

I'll be honest. I only applied for this one but that was because I had (still have) no idea what I'm doing lol

CanniBallistic_Puppy,

I like to call Lemmy "Feddit".

bahcodad,

I like to call Reddit "Deaddit"

Zagaroth,

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,

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

slashzero,

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,

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.

slashzero, (edited )

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 is not the same community as !gaming

StoicLime,

An easy way to understand this is that instances are like email providers. You can sign up on Gmail, but still email someone using Outlook or something else.

Khyta,

That analogy makes a lot of sense. Very helpful to new users

emilygage,
@emilygage@lemmy.ml avatar

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

This was really helpful, thank you!

erbs,

I signed up on lemmy org uk originally (day or 2 ago) and now it seems to be gone. If I could have kept my account some how that would have been better, but here I am instead.

Suoko,

Was it badly aministered or it has been done on purpose so that people think lemmy is not reliable ?

erbs,

I have no idea. Pretty sure it only lasted a week or so. Maybe the server owner had some issues they couldn't resolve.

If it comes back, maybe I'll find out

lemann,

I was contemplating signing up on that instance but couldn't find anything about who runs it, or how likely it was to stick around. I think there was also a thread on there where they refused to accept donations too.

With an average VPS running you about 100-200 quid a year, as a hobby I think it's gonna get expensive when you need to upgrade cores, storage etc. Not to mention you also need to moderate the instance.

For hosting a federated Lemmy to work I think you need a team and possibly a plan for accepting donations if it can't be run out of pocket

erbs,

I wish I'd noted the user name of the server owner, I think they were on mastodon.

zouhair,

This is one of the biggest hurdles to get into Lemmy. I consider myself quite tech savvy but I am at a stage of my life that I cannot read hundreds of page of documentation just to use a forum.

There need to be a way to seamlessly move people from instance to another without them having to do it themselves or at the least a way way shorter documentation that goes to the point in one page.

slashzero,

I’ve only been here a day or so, but having to search for the community doesn’t seem that bad? It’s almost exactly like searching for a subreddit to join.

/r/subreddit turns into !community@address, like !gaming

And once you are on that community you can open the sidebar and subscribe (join in Reddit terms).

OhSnapKracklePopped,

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?

Barbarian,

Nope, none at all. A signed off user is one that's not causing server load :P

NotGary,

Being new to federated communities, this is good info! I’m also registered on both and hoping I wasn’t causing problems. Glad to hear it’s only when I log in :P

mook,

I applied for behaw about 24 hours ago without response nor success logging in. Wondering if they have temporarily suspended applications?

slashzero,

Same here! I was starting to think my application was rejected. So I signed up here on lemmy.ml and was approved fairly quickly.

mook,

It's been 72 hours now since I applied to beehaw and still radio silence.

slashzero,

I haven’t heard anything either. They are probably slammed. 🤷🏻‍♂️

You can still subscribe to and post to their communities from here. You don’t actually need a user on beehaw.org

Open the hamburger menu, then click the search icon and put !gaming@beehaw.org in the search box and click search. You’ll then be able to look at that community from lemmy.ml, and in the sidebar you can subscribe. You can also up and downvote, comment, etc.

Replace gaming with whatever community you are trying to join. Also beehaw.org is just an example. You can “join” any instance that isn’t currently blocked by lemmy.ml AFAIK.

mook,

what hamburger menu. right now i'm using the default lemmy.ml website

slashzero,

The three parallel horizontal lines in the top right next to the bell icon.

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/72b0e690-190f-4556-8abe-d3283065e08d.jpeg

mook,

Ok, in the jerboa app

local_taxi_fix,

They might just have a massive backlog. They're at the top of the "Suggested instances" section.

pleasemakesense,

Would be really nice if on the instance page you could have some extra information admins could fill in like max capacity and such, think that people would be more inclined to choose other instances if they could see how close the instance is to the approximate member limit

KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX,

I am trying to start my own instance, but this documentation is broken.

https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/from_scratch.html

I have gone through it three times now.

The daemon on Ubuntu won't start because of permission issues.

thread 'main' panicked at 'Failed to load settings file: LemmyError { message: None, inner: No such file or directory (os error 2), context: "SpanTrace" }', /home/ubuntu/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/lemmy_utils-0.17.3/src/settings/mod.rs:18:33

Because of how rust/cargo installs their "registry"

Fix the docs and I will start another instance ASAP.

pleasemakesense,

Search for lemmy_support and it should turn up (if you're an lemmy.ml)

Suoko,

I successfully installed it following this instructions https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/install_docker.html and using this repo https://github.com/zxk7516/lemmy

pleasemakesense,

You could try asking that question in Lemmy support community, I'm just a random user xD

tookmyname,

Test

Barbarian,

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

ilikebagels,

I just created https://lemmy.film if that would be useful for anyone.

metaltoilet,
@metaltoilet@beehaw.org avatar

It also avoids centralization. sopuli.xyz has a list of alternate communities to the ones on lemmy.ml.

Stabiele_boerenkool,

I guess it’s good news that a lot of people are migrating from other sites like me

KanyeLoveTaylor,

Yeah. Fuck Reddit and their stupid policies. I hope this will be a great alternative for Reddit communities

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