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lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead


This site is currently struggling to handle the amount of new users. I have already upgraded the server, but it will go down regardless if half of Reddit tries to join.

However Lemmy is federated software, meaning you can interact seamlessly with communities on other instances like beehaw.org or lemmy.one. The documentation explains in more detail how this works. Use the instance list to find one where you can register. Then use the Community Browser to find interesting communities. Paste the community url into the search field to follow it.

You can help other Reddit refugees by inviting them to the same Lemmy instance where you joined. This way we can spread the load across many different servers. And users with similar interests will end up together on the same instances. Others on the same instance can also automatically see posts from all the communities that you follow.

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in reply to nutomic

Can I login to another instance with my lemmy.ml account? Or do I need multiple accounts?
in reply to nutomic

I use kbin too.

New to this feedverse or how you call it.

Why isn't there one login that can post on all platforms and I have to signup on each separately?

If there is, you're not making it obvious I guess.

in reply to ionhowto

you dont have to sign up on multiple instances. if you want to comment a post on another instance, copy the url and paste in into the search field and then your current instance will fetch the post so you can comment on it.
in reply to Anders Rytter Hansen

What happens to the users of one instance when that instance is shut down or deleted?
Searching for a url seems way too complicated.
Can't one subscribe to a server or sub category on a server?

This I would really want it to work but it's much worse to me than forums even.