Lemmy.world active users is tapering off while other servers are gaining serious traction.
Seems to me the fear of overloading one instance over another will not happen after all. But I do hope the Threadiverse can hit 500,000 consistent active users by the end of summer. Give me that hopium guys! š
Iām still not sure I understand how communities and instances work.
If I create an instance here will it show in other instances? Because I did create one on Lemmy world and I canāt see it in the other instance I am at with my other account, even though I look at āallā
Lemmyworld is an instance. The other one with the other account is also an instance. You do not create an instance on an instance.
You create a new instance by setting up a new web server and having it run lemmy for users to sign on to.
Content propagationās another issue.
Very rough explanation:
An instance is just a single distinct computer (server) running the Lemmy software. You have a bunch of these separate computers running the Lemmy software. These computers - together - form the Lemmyverse. (Iām purposely leaving out Fediverse, activitypub).
Each user (no matter what computer/instance they signed up with) has the ability to comment on any post made within this system of cooperating computers (The Lemmyverse). We can also subscribed to each otherās communities (ie; forums, subreddits).
Thatās basically it. The ability to share posts and to comment on each otherās posts. You canāt use your login details across Lemmyverse since each computer is distinct.
Some of these distinct computers may decide they donāt want to be part of this Federation of cooperating computers. For the most part they can disengage from this Lemmyverse. For the most partā¦ but the software is still on version (about) 0.18.2 and so complete (or temporary) disengagement from Lemmyverse is still in development (ie; coding, logic decisions, etc).
Excellent! Itās like old days php forums but you have feeds from other forums too.
Itās a bit scary though that you can have whole lot of content and a whole community but itās all up to the single instance host if they want to drop it from one day to another.
When you create a new community, other instances donāt automatically know it exists yet. They find out when the first person from there, searches for your community (search syntax is given in the community sidebar: !community@instance <-- note the ! at the start). Once someone subscribes, it shows up in that instanceās All feed.
To get the word out to other instances you can post in the various relevant communities as well as make sure to drop the link into any relevant conversations where people might be interested in checking it out. Since you have at least two accounts, if you create a community on one of your instances you can also use your other account as a shortcut and search for it yourself on the other instance.
Some useful communities are:
A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion. # Rules The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.Worldās rules. You can click the link but weāve reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World [https://mastodon.world/about] rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isnāt a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2. 1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here [https://mastodon.world/about]. >A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isnāt rulebreaking and we canāt be supportive to them then we probably shouldnāt engage. >B. No illegal content. >C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be. >D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms. >E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here. 2. Include a community or instance title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities or instances all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion. 3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible. # Formatting Please include this following format in your post: [link text](/c/[email protected]) This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it wonāt You should also include either: [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] or instance.com/c/community [http://instance.com/c/community] # FAQ: Q: Why do I get a 404? A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync. Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that? A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesnāt get posted and continues spinning. If it doesnāt actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment. Extra FAQ information [https://lemmy.world/comment/12095475] Image Attribution: Fahmi, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0], via Wikimedia Commons>>
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