How do you feel about the massive influx of users?

  • zork@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    You know, it just occured to me yesterday that there might be a federated version of reddit. Looked it up and I was pleasantly surprised to see it’s actually picking up a lot of users. Now if we could see a mobile app as polished as rif is fun, I’ll be extremely happy. Move over reddit, let’s go lemmy!

    Just wondering though, how scalable is lemmy? What kind of hardware/connection would you need to host your own instance?

    • bobaduk@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      There’s a few posts around about server setups that people are running. The major constraint seems to be storage. Lemmurs uploading gigs of data can get tricky to manage pretty quickly.

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        1 year ago

        Maybe there would be a way kinda like p2p where the user is “hosting” what they share/post? Or have to over a certain amount etc.

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          1 year ago

          It’d be slow, though, like a lot of the darknet protocols, and would mean that whether or not your post is visible depends on which users you’re connected to. I think the usability problems would likely rule it out.

          P2P works great for filesharing because you’re reading small numbers of large things, so if each thing takes a minute or two to start, that’s fine. It would suck for reading the memes community on a social network cos you need to read many small things, and if they don’t load quickly the experience is ruined.

      • b34k@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Just downloaded it today… a bit barebones at the moment, but it’s a start!