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Lemmynsfw: spread the load, you say?

Stop flocking to the core worlds, join the fringe! We have the same amenities... Only downside is browsing by All is less diverse

I just jumped to another instance. Feels good now that stuff loads again. This sucks right now, but it's probably good for Lemmy in the long run. Load should be spread across instances, and this forces people to move. I've also noticed that I now see some stuff that I couldn't anymore on Lemmy.world, so it's better overall.

When lemmy.world goes down, I use the time it is down to do other things. Like read, spend more quality time with my pets, learn something new, or just go outside and touch some grass.

It's not a load problem though, it's because some loser is DDoSing the server. Doesn't hurt to move to other instances where it isn't happening but the real solution would be to find who's doing this so they can be brought to justice (or silenced from the internet forever, whichever is easier).

Please tell others to stop misrepresenting this issue, it is an attack, not a user overload problem and nobody who's misrepresenting it that way is doing anyone any favors except the attackers by presenting it as such. Instead it should be presented as what it is.

Here is some useful information for people wanting to move instances. For a list of instances, along with with stats for those instances:

https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy or https://lemmyverse.net/

Also, tools for migrating instances:

https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim (easy) - Latest Version Download (just select your OS type and run the program)

https://github.com/wescode/lemmy_migrate

https://github.com/Ac5000/lemmy_account_sync

Honestly, given the current state of affairs I wouldn’t have it any other way.

The little time these turds spend attacking the site I call my mental health break from the madness.

False alarm. Sounds like it’s a good ol fashioned DDOS attack.

Anyone is welcome to join my instance at endlesstalk.org. Its running on a pretty beefy server, so it can take a decent amount of users.

There are multiple frontends like lemmy.world and I have setup a seeder(lemmony), so the all feed should be pretty filled.

Spread the Load!

That's what she said.

Regards, RadioactiveRadio

I'm from Chile so i joined through feddit.cl 🇨🇱

That's why I made a second account

I'm doing my part! Like, I literally have a computer at home that I'm using as my own instance, couldn't be doing my part any further than that (unless I invite my family to join the server)

It doesn't help that the donation links still are just for Mastodon world, with no clear way to even find the donation links from Lemmy world. They put out a posting for sysadmins with part time hours for free... As a sysadmin I definitely don't have time for that shit. Maybe they could make the donation links more obvious and try to hire actual staff if they need help.

I have been here for months and still have no idea what this means

That’s probably a bad sign

I joined another instance and it closed within 2-3 weeks...

If you like books & writing, mine exists (literature.cafe). I have the community seeding bot that runs every 24 hours.

Signups are open on my instance up to 100ish users. I run scripts to auto-federate popular content, so it's pretty bumping.

I'm going to spread the load so hard. :Sweat:

I remember when it was lemmy.ml that was burning down. I might have been partly responsible for that

Yep! I made an account on my current instance after starting on one of the bigger ones. I still have my old one just in case. But now that some of the smaller communities I followed have started coming in it feels identical!

So I’m totally new to federated apps and just joined the biggest one figuring it’d be the most reliable.

I understand the downside of all/local filtering being less useful on smaller instances, but I don’t use those anyway, so would be curious about a couple of things if anyone has advice:

1. How would you go about choosing an instance assuming reliability/speed was all you cared about?
2. Is there somehow a way to transfer the topics I subscribe to/content I’ve submitted to a new instance, or would I basically just be starting over if I switched?

Share the Load.