Suddenly my server started getting thousands of requests per minute and my varnish cache hit rate jumped to 99%. Thank god for varnish!

Looks like the reddit blackout is #1 on the frontpage of hackernews, and this article is #2.

• https://news.ycombinator.com/

I actually posted this article to hackernews, but I never got a single upvote. This isn’t my first time getting on the frontpage of hackernews, but it always happens when someone else reposts my link.

Can anyone tell me how the fuck hackernews’ algorithm works to where I can’t ever get traction but someone else does after me?

Added to the article. Thanks for the suggestion :)

You should ask in /c/mlemapp

• https://lemmy.ml/c/mlemapp

And if it’s a bug, please report it on GitHub

• https://github.com/buresdv/Mlem

Edit: A quick search on github issues brought this up

• https://github.com/buresdv/Mlem/issues/45

I made a text-and-images version of this guide:

• https://lemmy.ml/post/1204463

The only thing I need to improve this article is a short video demonstration showing how to find and add remote lemmy communities

• https://lemmy.ml/post/1193460

Are there any video producers on Lemmy that can help? You’ll easily get thousands unique views per day if you make a short “Guide to Lemmy” video :)

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I’m actually very surprised how high the uptime is on most of these instances.

This list may help newcomers:

• https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

At what point do you plan to close this instance to new users?

Honestly I’m not sure I’ll stick to lemmy if the amount of content doesn’t grow. And I’m sure I’m not alone. I’m here for news, and there’s very little coverage of world events on lemmy (though that has already noticeably improved as our userbase grows).

I do want lemmy to grow, but not for growth’s sake. I want it to grow so the content (news article submissions and quality comments about those articles) grows.

2. Downvotes are important to ensure quality content. It allows the community address statements made by a user based on objectively incorrect (mis)information. This feature is an important reason why many reddit users aren’t on Mastodon. Also, democracy is important.
3. Recommended Instances shouldn’t wholesale block content just because it’s NSFW. As you say, policy on what NSFW content is allowed is distinct from the instance enabling NSFW content.
4. People being able to create and moderate their own communities is positive

If an instance (eg Hexbear) wants to deviate from this, that’s fine. That’s what the Fediverse is all about :) But we shouldn’t recommend those instances to new users as it will cause new user attrition.

I think we should add the following criteria to instances at the VERY TOP that are recommended to new users:

1. The instances does not define an allowed list of instances
2. Downvotes are enabled
3. NSFW content is allowed
4. Users can create new communities

…otherwise new users (eg from reddit) are not going to use lemmy because it won’t match their expectations.

Personally, I was pretty disenchanted by my experience on lemmy when I first joined. I had to create accounts on like 5 different instances before I found one that worked (that’s why I created the comparison table of lemmy instances).

Most new users won’t have that perseverance. If, for example, they see there’s no downvotes on the “recommended” instance, they’ll probably give up and leave lemmy.

You mean like https://mastodon.world and https://lemmy.world? Do you have other examples?

Not sure who the approved reviewers are

That’s @[email protected]

I think at the top, just above the “Recommended” <h2> add:

For a more detailed comparison of Lemmy instances, see:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances">Awesome-Lemmy-Instances on GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://the-federation.info/platform/73">the-federation.info Lemmy Instances Page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lemmymap.feddit.de/">Feddit's Lemmymap</a></li>
</ul>

After you create an account, you can find communites across all instances using <a href="https://browse.feddit.de/">Feddit's Lemmy Community Browser</a>

<h2>Recommended</h2>
...

oh shit I wish I knew that existed before XD

I see TypeScript and get scared. Personally, I do think that the join-lemmy.org/instances page should link to:

1. My table comparison https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances
2. The Lemmy Community Browser (to find communities across all instances) https://browse.feddit.de/
3. The Lemmy Map https://lemmymap.feddit.de/
4. The federation’s lemmy page (with another table comparing instances) https://the-federation.info/platform/73

Can anyone with TypeScript experience make this PR for us? Here’s the relevant file:

• https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/blob/main/src/shared/components/instances.tsx

Hi Lemmy!

I make BusKill laptop kill cords that make your computer lock, shutdown, or self-destruct if the device is physically separated from you.

This protects your (encrypted) data from theft, which can be useful for digital nomads and cryptotraders working in cafes/coworking spaces. But our target audience is journalists, activists, and human rights workers in oppressive regimes.

• https://buskill.in/

Both the hardware and the software are open-source (CC-BY-SA, GPLv3). We manufacture the hardware with injection molding, but if you have a 3D-printer, then you can take a stab at our 3D-printable prototype.

• https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-04/

…And apparently I’m doing (minor) contributions to lemmy these days too