More subscribers.. check More comment.. maybe check Quality content.. nah
I use RSS to get r/selfhosted post and I can guarantee that most posts are amateurs asking questions.
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023
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It surprises me too on some level because it does seem very obvious.
I've also learned on multiple occasions over the years that I value different things and I value them much more strongly than a large swath of the selfhosting community. That may speak to whether or not people selfhost for ideological, practical, or other reasons that I am unaware of but, at the end of the day, I find myself disappointed that the version of the selfhosting community that I imagined and thought I was on the same page with is simply not the selfhosting community that exists.
What does the self-hosting community value, then?
this chart (from your link) shows that the change has stifled the activity a bit. maybe a 10-20% drop in new posts per day. which is not insignificant. so maybe subscribers are rising, but the number of posts has dropped and plateaued (so far).
But i dont think it will ever go away, it was also my go-to place for a long time. Hopefully more of the posters and commenters head here!
Well… I hosted nothing myself, but now I host my own Lemmy instance :o)
You got it all wrong, everyone is on Threads ................ Nah, I just subscribed to learn about starting some self hosting. I'm running a local media server, which was easy, but want to branch out to photo backup from my various phones/accounts. Getting nervous that Google will just close my account one day for no reason. Anyway, don't fret, the community doesn't need to be 💯 today, it'll get there.
I personally believe reddit will live on, that's just the way its going to be. I dropped off, but my account is still there.