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.

  • lightrush@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Point us to where the coin slot is. E.g. Patreon. We insert coin 🪙, you upgrade.

    • Barbarian@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Nope. You can subscribe/post/comment on any community on any instance. There is one small seam though: if you’re the first person to subscribe from your instance, you need to put in the full URL of the community (https://lemmy.ml/c/gaming, for example) to pull it into your instance.

      After that, everybody on the same instance as you will see it when searching for communities just like it was local.

      EDIT: Oh, forgot to mention: make sure the search is set to “All”, not “Communities” when you do this.

  • kagetora13@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hi,

    I setup my account on lemmy.ca. But it seems I cannot sign into lemmy.ml with this account (just getting busy spinning circle. On a high level I want to subscribe to some of the communities on lemmy.ml.

    Thanks

    • kagetora13@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      After watching a video and looking around it looks like I was in error. Pretty much I can be signed into lemmy.ca … then change he view filter to show all communities and subscribe to technology community on ML. The subscribe button does not always update right away. But in my listing of lemmy.ca I see I am subscribed. Hope this helps someone else.

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Edit: If you moderate a large subreddit, do not link your users directly to lemmy.ml in your announcements

    How/which URL should we link to then? Now is the best time to get users to switch to Lemmy so we need to make it as newbie friendly as possible. Already the application process has put off some people (I do like that bit though, keeps away the low effort folks). Thanks.

    • jonah@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      How/which URL should we link to then?

      My (somewhat) hot take is that large migrating subreddits should probably host their own communities, which is what we did when we told people on r/PrivacyGuides to move to Lemmy. Or at the very least, actually coordinate with instance admins beforehand about all of this, clearly lemmy.ml isn’t the ideal choice for this situation.

  • Bilb!@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m going to set up a general purpose instance tomorrow with the intention of handling a relatively large number of users. The main problem is choosing a domain!

    • Nicarlo@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I was also contemplating setting up a new instance for this. I have 100s of gigs of unused ram, CPUs on idle and a 10gbit connection looking for something to do. The only issue I couldn’t figure out was the name. I own itjust.works was thinking of something clever subdomain to use with it. I’m glad I’m not the only one with this issue