excelsiasJun 13, 2023

So.... what makes this server different? :)

https://sh.itjust.works/post/59824

So.... what makes this server different? :) - sh.itjust.works

Title says it all!? I’m a reddit refuge and picked this instance because it’s A) Canadian (I’m in MN, so consider myself an honorary Canadian), and B) The clean energy thing. Applied to Beehaw but never heard back. Dittos on Lemmy.ML [http://Lemmy.ML]! So hoping this is going to be a great “home” away from Reddit for the foreseeable future. Cheers, and well done on the instance, admins!

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I have no way to prove this story since I burned my reddit account, but I might as well share: when I was checking out lemmy for the first time I got both a beehaw and a lemmy.ml account(both were a pain to wet up) and both had serious reliability issues(this was right after the API announcement). I was looking on reddit to try and find more info about other instances then I found a comment chain with a couple of guys, one said he had a server, the other said he had the domain itjust.works and was looking for a subdomain. I though about it for a moment, and in a moment of sheer smartassery I suggested sh.itjust.works. not long after I saw in the comment chain that they went with my suggestion and put the server up lmao. At that point I knew they were chill, so I made an account on here as soon as I saw that it had gone up, and it's been rock solid ever since.
Jun 13, 2023 at 3:29pmWeb
Show threadcanJun 13, 2023
Thank you for your service o7
Show threadoriginaluciferJun 13, 2023
this
Show threadcanJun 14, 2023
No, please, not here.
Show threadexplodingsockpuppetJun 14, 2023
this
Show threadcanJun 14, 2023
dammit you got me
Show threadcarbon_basedJun 13, 2023
Haha i saw that! But was that really on Reddit? Or was it on Lemmy, don't remember ...
Show threadTacoThrash3rJun 14, 2023
That's how I found out about this, I remember that post. I read it on my Lemmy.ml amount and came here almost immediately
Show threadalongwaysgoneJun 14, 2023
Hahaha this is great
Show threadTheDudeJun 15, 2023
Not to throw you under the bus @[email protected] but that's not exactly how I recall it going down. Everything in your story is accurate with the exception of where the conversation happened. It happened on a Lemmy instance!. The conversation started on the lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead post. If you are indeed the same user who recommended the name you definitely get a token of recognition for coming up with it!
lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead - Lemmy.ca

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 [http://beehaw.org] or lemmy.one [https://lemmy.one]. The documentation [https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html] explains in more detail how this works. Use the instance list [https://join-lemmy.org/instances] to find one where you can register. Then use the Community Browser [https://browse.feddit.de/] 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 [http://lemmy.ml] in your announcements. That way the server will only go down sooner.

Show threadthisJun 15, 2023
I replied to this comment with my alt and edited my original comment in that conversation but I don't think lemmy.ml is working/federating correctly or something, oh well fake internet points aren't that big a deal, I'm just happy to have helped, it makes this server feel more sentimental to me.