Spread the Load! Join other Instances!
Spread the Load! Join other Instances!
Yes I know they're getting DDoSed, I'm just messing around
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So I’m totally new to federated apps and just joined the biggest one figuring it’d be the most reliable.
I understand the downside of all/local filtering being less useful on smaller instances, but I don’t use those anyway, so would be curious about a couple of things if anyone has advice:
- How would you go about choosing an instance assuming reliability/speed was all you cared about?
- Is there somehow a way to transfer the topics I subscribe to/content I’ve submitted to a new instance, or would I basically just be starting over if I switched?
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- Of course location is not a guarantee of fast speeds, but you can at least check servers nearby with https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map. I guess you can check for uptime to have an idea about reliability, but I never really relied on that. Shit happens (vlemmy comes to mind) so it's hard to gauge an instance's future reliability/stability. You have the option to start your own instance as well.
- https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim
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other useful links:
- an account sync script in python: https://github.com/Ac5000/lemmy_account_sync
- uptime of most lemmy instances: https://lestat.org/
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This is great, thank you!
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Hope you find the right instance for you. Welcome to lemmy!
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Choose a server that is oriented to your geographical location.
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