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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    1 year ago

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

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      1 year ago

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

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        1 year ago

        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.

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          1 year ago

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

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            1 year ago

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