I’m considering hosting one, and I’m just curious how much effort I should invest in doing it “properly” for everyone to use as opposed to just dicking around on my own for testing purposes.

  • Blaze (he/him)
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    1017 days ago

    I would first offer to help on existing instances. There are a few that are behind updates, so the admins could maybe use some help

    • @[email protected]
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      Blaze you are a horrible person <3

      It’s really cringe you rep that sonichu pfp considering what Chris Chan did to their mother.

      But considering who we both know you are it’s actually pretty fitting.

      Blocked yet again. Please stop spamming the fediverse with your alts.

  • Otherbarry
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    717 days ago

    More Tor friendly instances would be nice. Most Lemmy instances use things like Cloudflare that freak out over Tor connections so just registering/logging into the instance is a PITA, let alone browsing. Extra bonus if the instance actually hosts the Lemmy instance in Tor itself (though realistically the rest of the Lemmy instance would still run on the clearnet since it still needs to communicate with the rest of the Fediverse).

    • @[email protected]OP
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      17 days ago

      Interesting point. I’ll take .onion into consideration, as I’m a bit of a privacy-enthusiast. Unfortunately, too many “privacy enthusiasts” just want to trade CSAM, so it’s a balancing act.

      • sunzu2
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        too many “privacy enthusiasts” just want to trade CSAM, so it’s a balancing act.

        Is there any merit to this claim?

        Seems like some shit feds would say to normies IMHO

        • @[email protected]
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          Well, even one is too many, and the number is much higher than one, so it still seems like a valid concern when running a service

    • @[email protected]OP
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      I know. I’m seriously considering making it invite-only, or ask nicely via Matrix. No e-mail needed, but joining won’t be easy either.

      And with two rules:

      • Don’t behave in a way that results in a ban.
      • Common sense applies.
  • @[email protected]
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    417 days ago

    I don’t think there is a huge need at the moment. Things will probably develop naturally. E.g. if some communities find they would like one, they would start one, with rules, blocks, membership, financing that fits their needs.

  • Ada
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    217 days ago

    just dicking around on my own for testing purposes.

    Start with this, and if it gets traction, you can always move it to a more serious setup.

    That’s pretty much what happened with this instance

    • @[email protected]
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      117 days ago

      Ada when are you going to start allowing trans people on blahaj again?

      There’s still a whole 196 community you banned for not paying dragonfucker’s troll games.

  • mesa
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    217 days ago

    Non us based? In case things go to the shitter.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      17 days ago

      Yes. European, to be specific. Haven’t decided exactly where I’d host it, though. I have plenty of bandwidth at home, but I would prefer to host it separately.

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    I’d like some larger groups that would fit the same discussions ane memes as dankchristianmemes and the knowledge fight podcast subreddits

    • @[email protected]OP
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      17 days ago

      Do you mean communities? I’m a certified technocrat myself, so I’m all in favor of more knowledgefight, but my question is more about instances/servers. Decentralization is always good, but I was just wondering if Lemmy is already decentralized “enough” based on its current usage stats. (Although I do wish more people would use something else than lemmy.world, but I don’t think available options is the problem)

      • @[email protected]
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        Ya larger umbrella communities would be sweet but to the real point I’m based out of lemmy .ca and haven’t noticed anything worth complaining about and as long I can see similar posts across all available instances I wouldn’t turn down thing being a bit more decentralized

        To the other point I’m but a lollie wonk and even had a spelling error in my shoutout