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.

  • epicalEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    deleted by creator

    • morrowindEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      That’s not “true” decentralization, it’s just another type of it. The fediverse uses a form called federation, while scuttlebut uses p2p.

        • morrowindEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          No, p2p and federation are both different forms of decentralization

    • MDKAODEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      There is a truly decentralized reddit clone called aether.

    • argv_minus_one@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      That has a serious problem. A lot of people post to social media from their phones over cell data. Hosting their own content on their phone would drain the battery and the cell data cap very quickly.