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I run a few groups, like @fediversenews@venera.social, mostly on Friendica. It's okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.

Currently, I'm testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It's in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it's coming along nicely.

Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration sours adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.

All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!

Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.

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[–] mcc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this a beehaw thing? Try a different instance?

[–] BobQuasit@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm only on Beehaw. Is it okay for me to create accounts on other Lemmy instances? I don't want to use up bandwidth unnecessarily.

[–] mcc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no you will be completely fine. Each instance is a different server. They practically encourage people to go to various instances to decrease the load on popular instances. Like, if you are good with this you might as well set up your own instance. It is the same set of communities you get access to anyway.

[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How expensive hardware and bandwidth wise to host an instance?

[–] mcc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't done it myself, just missing a lot of the knowledge, but suspect just a regular PC is enough if you are hosting for a small group of people. I was thinking to just build an instance for myself to sub other communities.

[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True. I hadn’t considered having a private instance just for me. That is actually a nice idea.

[–] nii236@lemmy.jtmn.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's currently me. Running on the cheapest two core Digital Ocean droplet. I don't think it can handle much more than just me haha

[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How much is it? Just curious.

[–] nii236@lemmy.jtmn.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Haha no need to convert to USD 🇦🇺. Thanks for the info!