• kobra@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    23
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Ha, I applied to two smaller instances and have heard nothing but radio silence. The smaller instances are of no help if they don’t let anyone in.

    • Altair@vlemmy.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      21
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      Use and recommend lemm.ee, lemmy.one, and vlemmy.net to others

      Seriously, stop recommending large servers when lemmy hasn’t been optimized for that yet. The point of decentralization is spreading out and still being connected; let’s not waste that advantage.

      • NoRodent@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        1 year ago

        Ok, but what if the instance I choose just ends suddenly? Do I understand it correctly that on each one I have to create a new account and re-subscribe to all the communities etc,?

        • Coelacanth@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          1 year ago

          That’s correct though account migration is planned for some point in the future, or at least noted as a desirable feature by the Devs. Maybe even linking accounts across instances?

          Having to resubscribe to all your communities is annoying but I imagine third party apps could streamline that process when they get released/refined.

        • Altair@vlemmy.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          Aside from what Coelacanth said, those instances are no more likely to shut down than lemmy.world (I can’t recall a Lemmy instance that’s not for personal use ever shutting down); they’ve functioned just fine for years and have even been upgraded for the surge of users too

          • HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            1 year ago

            Lemmy.fmhy.ml shutdown and hasnt come back yet. My understanding is that it won’t be back, but that was the instance I signed up for initially to spread the server load

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      1 year ago

      Fair point. Tye small one’s Re being hugged to death and aren’t letting any more people in, so people are gravitating towards the juggernauts, and the juggernauts are collapsing under their weight. 

      Next couple weeks should be interesting

    • greenteadrinker@midwest.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      When I applied, I never got a notification that it got approved, but I could post and comment on that instance. So you might have been in a similar situation as me or the admins are still dealing with a large influx of people

      • kobra@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        Oh wow you’re totally right. I was just able to log into one that I had never heard from! Thank you, good call!

    • Undearius@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      When I first joined, I never got a confirmation that my account had been accepted. After a few minutes, I just typed the username and password I used during registration and I was able to log in.