lemmy.world just reached 1000 users.
Please remember that the server was created June 1st! So still might notice some startup issues… but so far so good! Welcome @all!
At this rate we’ll hit 2000 in the next hour…
You can thank reddit CEO lol, he just held the most pathetic AMA I’ve seen, people are even angrier than before :D
p.s. also watch out for next Monday, that’s when the reddit blackout begins
Are you personally paying the server costs? How can we help subsidize?
At this point you will be probably the biggest instance before the start of the new week 😂
Well let’s see if it doesn’t crash before that. I can scale the hardware but not sure about scaling the software yet…
Since the front end is TS docker it should be easy to scale with kubernetes. I have no idea about the rust backend though.
Yes but there’s no scaling that helps bad queries :-)
Is there somewhere the numbers are tracked?
I use grafana for that. Might make that public someday
Over 2k5 already. Stats page says 2.52k
where can I see the stats?
Hi from beehaw! Welcome to the fediverse and glad to have all of you join us!
Is this where the cool kids are hanging these days? (Just joined as a refugee from that other place)
No just the grumpy old people. 😄
Dammit! Why does everywhere I go turn out to be where the grumpy old people hang out?
Oh…
It’s a mystery!
Mildly Infuriating has nearly hit that milestone too! I am so excited for the future of Lemmy! GG everyone! 👍😄
My first comment, can’t wait to use Lemmy for the next 15 years.
Fuck /u/spez!
Ah, you must also have been part of the original Digg exodus then?
Yes but I actually liked Kevin, I enjoyed all the side video podcast and skits they did on the side.
Oh yeah the whole gang was great for a while, until it all got fucked.
Why only 15 years?! Why can do better!
Great thing about fediverse, maybe @ruup goes full blown tyrannical, we can go over to another server.
If it’s possible to build perpetual social media, this is how it would look
Great to see the progress!
It seems a bit laggy to me, but that’s hardly surprising. I hope we can form a good little community of outsiders here! 👍
Can you tell me what’s laggy? Only thing I noticed is the ‘Post’ or ‘Reply’ that takes too long.
Pretty much everything has a bit of lag on my end. Not complaining, I understand why, just letting you know.
Just made a new general Star Wars community! I have no idea how to grow something like that, so any Star Wars fans come on over and help!
Congrats!! That’s quite a milestone in such a short period :)
Edit: sorry if this is not the proper place to ask but is there a way to donate for server expenses?
I just added donation info to the sidebar, see home page.
What are the running costs like?
At this moment around 20 EUR/mo so not too much, but would like to be able to scale when needed.
Am I indirectly supporting lemmy devs by being on lemmy.world? I’d rather not be supporting tankies.
Just by using their software. They have no other involvement in this server.
Just signed up myself! Long time RIF/old.reddit user, hoping to find new (better!) communities. Hello everyone!
👋
Same here! ✊
Hi folks, just joined Lemmy to see what it’s all about. This seemed like a good thread (is that the term?) to make a first comment :-)
Sure is! Welcome to the club!
That’s great. Is this like the main page or what?
Another Reddit refugee here. I guess after June 30th member numbers will explode?
I hope. So far my friends seem hesitant to leave Reddit.
Ah, give it time. Change is scary. And it is easy to be complacent. But ‘luckily’ Reddit will chase them to here.
I think the biggest impediment (besides the learning curve of the new format) is the fact that there are many more users and much more activity on Reddit. It will take time to build enough of a user base on lemmy to convince people to join.
That being said, the subreddit blackout starting June 12th will remove that advantage for Reddit. Even if most of the subreddits only participate for 48 hours, that might be sufficient to drive enough people to lemmy that it becomes perceived as a viable alternative.
Fingers crossed!
newest user of lemmy.world here!
I’m the new kid on the block, hello old timer!
