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Is Reddit going to remain the primary space for this community? (www.reddit.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I thought this was an interesting post and discussion on selfhosted. Thoughts?

Some great points, but it's nonsense to say r/selfhosted isnt about selfhosting. I've learned so much there.

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[–] 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think federated networks are healthier and better in the long run. Also there should be more smaller instances so the load is not too heavy to bear for any one instance.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    @Saiwal For instance specialized communities like #^https://selfhosted.forum/communities should be made use of instead of having all the communities on a single instance. This would be more sustainable and cost effective for the admins too.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This (along with basically all instances with communick news behind them) is a classic example of scaling up prematurely.

    When this community is brimming with so much content that users start to "miss" posts about [thing x] because there are so many posts about [thing y], then you make offshoot communities, not before.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    @shnizmuffin I agree. I am not complaining, just saying what could be an ideal scenario. Someone on the reddit thread complained about their instance becoming too large too soon and they had to shut down, so was reflecting on that.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago*

    They probably used on of these federation "helper" scripts that just siphons up the entire fediverse. That is just a bad idea and results in a bloated database like they were complaining about.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I like that idea, although I think we need some simpler guides as to what exactly one might he getting into if they're setting up an instance that's not just a domain name. (Costs, potential usage blowing up, legal issues with content, etc...)

    Also, I really think there needs to be a smoother way to navigate between instances. I guess, so you're still aware of "jumping nodes", but also don't feel locked in there. (Although maybe I'm just a newb still haha)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    @MonkeMischief oh i agree. Setting up an instance is not easy. And choosing a place on the fediverse can be tricky based on how you decide to interact over here. For example I'm not on lemmy but I use my hubzilla instance to interact with the communities I am passionate about which I find is really cool.

    And it does take some time to really understand how this allworks together but once you understand it's fairly easy to use and navigate.

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