Blaze@sh.itjust.works to sh.itjust.works Main Community@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-211 months ago[Resolved] Lemmy.world currently downwww.isitdownrightnow.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up175cross-posted to: france@jlai.lu
arrow-up175external-link[Resolved] Lemmy.world currently downwww.isitdownrightnow.comBlaze@sh.itjust.works to sh.itjust.works Main Community@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square41fedilinkcross-posted to: france@jlai.lu
minus-squareBlazelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoI usually recommend it to new joiners so that they don’t have to worry about federation right away and can just use the local communities. After that, I encourage them to move to smaller instances, but I guess they are just comfortable there
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoIf they join to use local, and it works well for them, why would they switch to a smaller instance?
minus-squareBMO@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoMy guess is to distribute users more evenly across instances. Mo’ users mo’ problems.
minus-squareBlaze@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoThey should switch to smaller instances to help distribute the load and avoid situations such as this one when LW is probably attacked because it is the most populous server.
minus-squarehoodatninja@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoIt most resembles what they know and does not require them to leave it.
minus-squarepjhenry1216@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThere’s not much to worry about federation though. I’m not even on a Lemmy server and I see plenty of Lemmy.world.
I usually recommend it to new joiners so that they don’t have to worry about federation right away and can just use the local communities.
After that, I encourage them to move to smaller instances, but I guess they are just comfortable there
If they join to use local, and it works well for them, why would they switch to a smaller instance?
My guess is to distribute users more evenly across instances. Mo’ users mo’ problems.
They should switch to smaller instances to help distribute the load and avoid situations such as this one when LW is probably attacked because it is the most populous server.
It most resembles what they know and does not require them to leave it.
There’s not much to worry about federation though. I’m not even on a Lemmy server and I see plenty of Lemmy.world.