Well, whew again! The influx of new users into Sopuli surprised not only me, but also Hetzner's VPS. The disk space ran out fast, and Sopuli was down today for many hours because of this. I was busy with work, which didn't help with the issue....
Posts and comments are all text, so they take barely any space at all. Posts from remote instances are also stored in the local database. However images are a much bigger factor, and Docker also takes a lot of space for some reason.
I guess this also counts steppe lands in Mongolia where shepards pass through with their herds once a year. The numbers likely look different if you look at industrialized countries where animals live in stables.
I can see that I can follow Lemmy communities from Mastodon (just tried it out with a handful of communities), but I don't see a way to have it work the other way....
Lemmy can only follow communities, not users. Otherwise it would require a whole new UI and other major changes. Doesnt make much sense when you can create a second account on Mastodon or one of many other platforms which already implement user following much better.
You cant follow hashtags, only follow the users who post them and then filter according to the hashtag on each post. That doesnt make sense for Lemmy (it only follows group actors, which are similar to user accounts).
This is true, but there are two exceptions: admins have a purge action which permanently deletes content. And like others already said, when you delete your account everything that you posted is permanently deleted.
If you want to follow a community from another instance, just paste the URL into the search bar. Also works for specific posts or comments that you want to reply to.
Just joined, and well, I'm thinking ill stay. Ive been looking for a good reddit alternative for a while now. devs, you've done quite some good work here.
Its really better to link to joinlemmy so that people get distributed across different instances. We dont want everyone to be on the same instance, that would cause many problems.
So far there are no major problems. Disk was filling up but probably unrelated. I guess beehaw grew a lot more in terms of percentage than lemmy.ml during this time.
The main things I can think of which might help are to increase database pool size (in config file) and number of federation workers (/admin). Also create a swapfile if you are running low on RAM.
You can ask them to check the browser console for errors. Or sign up somewhere else. Anyway we are getting at least a dozen signups per hour so it's working for many.
hey folks, here's another meta-post. this one isn't specifically in response to the massive surge of users, but the surge is fortuitously timed because i've been intending to give a good idea of what our financial stability is like. as a reminder, we're 100%-user funded. everything you donate to us specifically goes to the...
Digitalocean is pretty expensive. For example on hetzner.com you can get 8 vCPU for 15 euros per month. OVH should be similar. So thats really affordable if you have hundreds or thousands of users and a couple of donors.
I created /c/tiki and I want to pin the welcome post. But when I click on the "..." for the post, I just get the standard buttons, no mod options. What gives?
Bad gateway is probably because there are so many users now. About the missing mod actions I suggest you open an issue (or maybe there is already one).
We are happy to see that many of you are exploring Lemmy after Reddit announced changes to its API policy. I maintain this project alongside @dessalines....
[question] how to set up my own Lemmy server?
First off, I'm totally new here (Reddit refugee)....
Sopuli up again / Sopuli taas ylhäällä
Well, whew again! The influx of new users into Sopuli surprised not only me, but also Hetzner's VPS. The disk space ran out fast, and Sopuli was down today for many hours because of this. I was busy with work, which didn't help with the issue....
Requesting /c/Turkey (lemmy.ml)
Inactive mods
Efficiency (i.imgur.com)
Lemmy is so active that I am for the first time using the "active" tab instead of "new" ^^
Amazing feeling.
User up/downvoted history?
So, as another Reddit refugee, I was wondering if there's also a way to view the posts I've voted on here?...
Is it possible to follow Mastodon accounts from Lemmy?
I can see that I can follow Lemmy communities from Mastodon (just tried it out with a handful of communities), but I don't see a way to have it work the other way....
PSA: Lemmy keeps your deleted content by design
From Lemmy documentation:...
What are some building subscription list/finding communities Tips and Tricks?
Many newbs are washing up here, myself included. What are good ways to get the most out of Lemmy? (Using Jerboa)...
my thoughts on lemmy so far
Just joined, and well, I'm thinking ill stay. Ive been looking for a good reddit alternative for a while now. devs, you've done quite some good work here.
How does lemmy.ml handle the Reddit hug of death?
I'm the sysadmin for beehaw.org and our user-base has almost tripled in 24 hours. Our site has been crashing so much over this time period....
500 Server Error?
Hi guys - I keep getting 500 Server Error. Is this because the server is getting overwhelmed? Too many new users?
the financials of Beehaw as of June 2023 (and how you can help our website stay up and be more reliable) (opencollective.com)
hey folks, here's another meta-post. this one isn't specifically in response to the massive surge of users, but the surge is fortuitously timed because i've been intending to give a good idea of what our financial stability is like. as a reminder, we're 100%-user funded. everything you donate to us specifically goes to the...
Is Bluesky Billionaire-Proof? (The Intercept) (theintercept.com)
Modding: How to sticky a post... when the "..." menu isn't showing the options?
I created /c/tiki and I want to pin the welcome post. But when I click on the "..." for the post, I just get the standard buttons, no mod options. What gives?
Welcome Reddit refugees!
We are happy to see that many of you are exploring Lemmy after Reddit announced changes to its API policy. I maintain this project alongside @dessalines....