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 [http://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 [http://lemmy.ml] in your announcements. That way the server will only go down sooner.
  • RentlarEnglish
    7•1 year ago

    It’s one part uncharted territory to see how well Lemmy servers can scale, and it’s another part balancing how much bigger of a hosting plan one needs to support the influx, amid the possibility of some people leaving after trying it out a bit.

    Many servers run on 1 or 2 GB RAM which may not be enough if all of a sudden activity triples.

  • @Ashwag@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    Maybe I’m crazy however if this is the instance run by developers. Is $30-100/month really impossible to handle? I figured this would be their more exciting time.

    • @Nicarlo@lemmy.caEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      I don’t think its so much about the cost as it is about the ability to scale properly. There will be some issues like this at the beginning

      • @Ashwag@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        Yeah, I’m curious at the scaling problems. 1000 active users isn’t that many. Especially if this is touted as being the next reddit. There are many subreddits with orders of magnitude more active users.

  • ElbullazulEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I remember that in the early days of lemmy, outages or slowdowns were quite common (one of the reasons I left).

    Hope things go better this time

  • @mdwhite999@beehaw.orgEnglish
    0•1 year ago

    Does lemmy.ml allow communities from all instances? Or is there any instance that does? Like poverty meals is in lemmygrad so you can’t access it from beehaw if I understand Lemmy properly

    • @Woofcat@lemmy.caEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      lemmygrad gets banned from almost all instances. I’d recommend creating a PovertyMeals on an instance that isn’t filled with as many hyper-political people.