How do you feel about the massive influx of users?

  • 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.