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Lemmy.ml and beehaw.org getting hammered with traffic because of spez ama
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While the other recommendation in the thread are good, I think they are hard to implement things that will take time.
A quick fix solution can be to add a button on join-lemmy which says something like 'Confused on where to join? click to join a recommended instance' that redirects to the sign-up of one of the recommended instances (there is already a list).
This will allow for load balancing and easier time for people to just come and join.
This will mean that the 'most recommended' instance will get absolutely hammered with new registrations though. Some randomisation should be necessary.
But not too random, since some instances ate brand new and there's no guarantee they'll stay up, which might put off new users looking for something stable.
Indeed, there is a balance somewhere and the community+devs will have to experiment a bit the comings weeks and months to find the sweet spot.