Its now running on a dedicated server with 6 cores/12 threads and 32 gb ram. I hope this will be enough for the near future. Nevertheless, new users should still prefer to signup on other instances. This server is financed from [donations to the Lemmy project](https://join-lemmy.org/donate). If you want to support it, please consider donating.

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](https://lemmy.one). The [documentation](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html) explains in more detail how this works. Use the [instance list](https://join-lemmy.org/instances) to find one where you can register. Then use the [Community Browser](https://browse.feddit.de/) 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.

I don't mean to be pessimistic, bit since most subreddits are only going dark for a couple days, the site will basically be back to normal soon. I wonder how many users here are only here because of temporary outrage and not because they actually prefer Lemmy. I'm curious about people's outlook on this situation. ::: spoiler /s Edit: Wow this blew up! Edit 2: Thanks for the gold kind stranger! Edit 3: RIP my inbox! I can't believe this made /r/all! Edit 4: We did it ~~Reddit!~~ Lemmy! :::

I really want to like lemmy, but it's difficult. I'm new to all this fediverse thingy, and I might just have old habits and perceptions how things should work but... I keep seeing the same posts more than once, iOS experience is not that good really, sometimes I see dead posts from 2 years ago for some reason, despite having subscribed to like 30 communities there aren't that many new posts to read. Part of it probably that subreddits had millions of people so a lot of posts every minute, but it still feels underwhelming. It's not as doomscrolly. Maybe I should find something else to waste my time on haha What is your experience with lemmy? Maybe I just do things wrong. Let me know

Is this still available? [@memes](https://lemmy.ml/c/memes)

It can go one of a few ways. 1. Apart from the few subs that remain offline, it'll basically be back to normal. Those that do remain offline indefinitely just get forcibly reopened or recreated by admins, especially huge subreddits like /r/videos. Smaller ones just get redicted to /r/topicnew or some other creative name. 2. A lot of subreddits and more importantly moderators and users leave the site permanently. In order for this to happen however, there'd have to be a consensus alternative, which there isn't ATM. Otherwise, these communities are pretty much lost forever unless the mods put a message to go to X alternative service in the "subreddit is private" banner. Tbh, I don't think people are gonna stomach losing years of their lives in an instant so they'll just re create subreddits unless the mods provide an alternative. No matter what though, they're not backing down on the effective removal of the API (still leaving the sneaky clause "you can pay us if you want but it'll be a king's ransom" for AI, even though they can just trawl the web manually lol). They'll probably announce some crappy customization features to hoodwink those who don't know what an API is and lie to them and say it's "API v2" or whatever. I just honestly don't know how it's going to shake out and I'm scared im going to lose these communities. I don't give a single solitary fuck about Reddit the company anymore, and I never did really. I just hope all of the subreddits find a new home and don't just shrug their shoulders and say "welp, guess that's it guys".

What I think could make Lemmy superior to Reddit is the ability to create themed-instances that are all linked together which feels like the entire point. I've noticed that a lot of instances are trying to be a catch-all Reddit replacement by imitating specific subs which is understandable given the circumstances but seems like it's not taking advantage of the full power that Lemmy could have. Imagine for a moment that instances were more focus-based. Instead of having communities that are all mostly unrelated we had entire instances that are focused on one specific area of expertise or interest. Imagine a LOTR instance that had many sub-communities (in this case "communities" would be the wrong way to look at it, it would be more like categories) that dealt with different subjects in the LOTR universe: books, movies, lore, gaming, art, etc all in the same instance. Imagine the types of instances that could be created with more granular categories within to better guide conversations: Baseball, Cars, Comics, Movies, Tech etc. A tech instance could have dedicated communities for news, programming, dev, IT, Microsoft, Apple, iOS, linux. Or you could make it even more granular by having a dedicated instance for each of those because there's so many categories that could be applied to each. What are your thoughts?

- Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv's counter-offensive began - On Monday morning, officials reported that "the national flag is once again waving" over Storozhove, in the Donetsk region - A day earlier, footage showed Ukrainian troops celebrating in Blahodatne and Neskuchne - and a minister said nearby Makarivka was also taken - The settlements are relatively small - and Moscow is yet to confirm any retreat - The Institute for the Study of War backs up Kyiv's claims, saying Ukraine captured "multiple settlements" along the frontline over the weekend - On Saturday, President Zelensky acknowledged that the long-awaited counter-offensive was under way

They don't even want you to use the website I don't think. They've even done experiments where they blocked people from using the mobile website. The more they want me to use their app, the more I want to avoid Reddit all together.

I discovered Lemmy as a reddit alternative once they introduced the api changes, and from what I understand, so did most of the current users. So I was wondering what was Lemmy like before that? Did any notable things or inside jokes happened? If you are one of the old users are you happy with this growth? Is there anything you'll miss?

Will we see another ultra-consistent performance from Verstappen? Will Alonso finally get his 33rd? Will Lewis in the new Mercedes claim a victory, 16 years after his maiden win? How will Ferrari bungle the strategy this weekend?

Coming from Reddit, the term subreddit was easy. Is there already a short name for Lemmy Communities? Lemmity? Lemmunity? Sublemmit? (My wife's suggestion, now my current favorite.)

I don't know if I'm just missing an option somewhere or if it doesn't exist yet, but I don't see anywhere to configure push notifications to my android phone.

Apollo dev on the memo: https://social.vivaldi.net/@christianselig@mastodon.social/110538676922452606

He’s not a Rookie and he’s not in a tractor…. As a McLaren fan it feels bad.

I've mostly just relied on Google Photos, and I really like its features. However, I have always been deathly afraid of losing access to my Google photos account and losing all of those, so I need a better way to actually back up my photos. Right now all I do is do a Google Takeout every so often, but that's inefficient as hell. How do you do it? How do **you** backup or sync your photos with a PC/local server?

I tried a couple of times and it's still magic to see anyone able to use it properly I'll just stick to VScode for now I guess

[Unidan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidan) could just create an account on multiple instances and vote for his posts/comments with all these accounts. That way his content would gain more attention than those of sincere users. In case of malicious bots (like those annoying bootleg bots on reddit), it might even be profitable for them to create their own instance(s) just for that purpose. Is there a mechanism to prevent that? (other than user/instance banning and the introduction question on user creation)

Hey I just tried to create an account on 5 different instances and the circle keeps spinning, finally found a random not-so-populated instance and this post is to test how the fediverse work. Please reply if you can see this. Also: fuck spez