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lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by nutomic@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] KanyeLoveTaylor@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a way to sort new Lemmy instances ? I check Lemmy on a daily basis for joining new instances that meet my interest. I wish there is a way to check only the new instances, maybe email notifications or something ?

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[–] beto@lemmy.studio 1 points 2 years ago

I just created https://lemmy.studio/ for music-related discussions.

[–] MonkeyLord@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there any way to transfer an account to a different instance?

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[–] papasfritas@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Crashing with 994 users online?

that's not a good look

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[–] SpacePirate@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a feature to send a read-only/static link to Lemmy pages?

I’m envisioning a pre-cached version of the page that is updated hourly or so, rather than querying the database live for every comment on the thread. In a perfect world, these could also be offloaded to a CDN as static pages…

[–] KelsonV@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even just caching the not-logged-in views can be a big help, as I've found with self-hosted WordPress.

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Good idea I will give this a try.

[–] vmaziman@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] kagetora13@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

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