lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead
lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead
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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If a post from a remote user gets removed in a community on lemmy.ml, that removal should also federate back to the user's home instance. At least in theory.
So if you host an instance with no communities, the only moderation you need to do is prevent spam bots or trolls from using it.
Interesting. So if you delete this comment on lemmy.ml, it will delete off my instance too?
Yes it should. I tried to test it just now but federation is overloaded.
Yes comments are stored in the database of each instance. Similar how email is stored on the servers of each participant. Fetching it from the remote server for each view would be way too slow.
Are posts stored the same way?
Yes everything except images/videos.