I already have accounts on two instances, but both of them are currently experiencing significant slowdowns. As a result, I’m searching for an alternative instance, preferably one that is not facing any load issues.
I ended up deciding to roll my own, which I realize isn’t realistic for a lot of folks, but I would suggest lemmy.world, if you haven’t already. There’s also this list here that might be helpful.
https://join-lemmy.org/instances
Good luck!
I’m thinking of doing the same, just for a few users like my and my family to interact with the rest of the world. I’m just worried how much resources this will need. How much RAM + CPU are you seeing in your small instance?
https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/ - rock solid, open sign-ups, high user count but not one of the top. No weird rules or restrictions.
Join-Lemmy has actually a nice list of instances, and they do try to take the load a bit in mind. Many people seem to switch to lemmy.world now, but that could mean you could face more stability issues in the future gain.
Beehaw.org also looks like a nice instance. They host a lot of popular communities, but they do require an application to join. That would probably keep them safe from getting overloaded.
It’s worth keeping in mind that Beehaw defederated from lemmy.world and lemmy.ml today, so you won’t see posts from either of these instances if you choose to go with them.
They did? What’s the reasoning for that?
EDIT: Nvm, found the post: https://beehaw.org/post/567170
That’s ridiculous. If people are that sensitive and need to feel absolute safe to post some shits on an anonymous platform, then they shouldn’t use the Internet at all.
The instance I host is small and I can’t make promises about its longevity, but at least it’s not currently facing load issues.
If you’re interested: lemmy.pineapplemachine.com
People should really consider joining the smaller instances, because as things stand right now the main ones have thousands of users (and still growing rapidly, causing problems) while many smaller ones have just a few dozen users but probably enough hardware and network capacity to get hundreds more.
Anyhow, my instance has not gone down yet so feel welcomed to join https://lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz/ if you’re iterested :>
The problem with small instances is nobody knows how long they’d be around. I wish there was a migration tool so that if that ever happens you could easily move your account and all the messages over.
@UrbenLegend @zeerooth Not to mention you’re not exactly going to get much content out of smaller instances, especially if you’re coming from Reddit.
And as for bigger instances, you never know if the admins are going to pull some shady crap you may not like. When you get exponential growth it creates problems.
