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Burn out on Lemmy? (aussie.zone)
submitted 11 hours ago* by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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In the last week I have seen solar punk go down and aussie.zone owner talk about stepping away.

I've not seen two places down at once that has made it to my feed in the last 3 years.

Is the self hosting aspect of lemmy a detriment to the entire environment? Admins getting burnt out or the costs becoming too high is absolutely an issue.

I know this is kind of rambling but what would happen to Lemmy if the major hosters all went down, and we all spun up our own personal services?

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[–] 44 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

Is self hosting a problem for Lemmy? Yes and no.

Self hosting for personal or small groups is a great feature. It allows communities to be independently responsible and has a relatively low barrier to entry.

I think Lemmy needs to have a certification process though. People not looking to self-hosting should be guided to instances that have documented availability, backup, recovery, and backend support.

You shouldn’t find out that your instance is running off an single drive in sombody’s mothers basement and they are out of town for 3 months by having problems logging in.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago (1 child)

    I recently started donating to my instance to, hopefully, help them keep going. I can host my own instance, but I really don't want to have to do that. The PHP vulnerabilities are a good example, I spent most of my life having vulnerabilities like that be my problem, but boy was I glad PHP2SHELL was something I watched from the outside.

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  • [–] 20 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

    Yes. I think we just need a cultural norm where indie instances proudly proclaim their indie credentials and the associated risks, while large reliable servers share how they are backed up and managed, as well.

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