I created an instance for a specific community (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by PriorityMotif@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I created !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world a few months ago and then started seeing contraversies around moderation policies and federation that just don't apply to the type of content on dull mens club so I decided to make an instance solely to host that community.

!dullsters@dullsters.net

I'm not sure if this has happened yet, but I like the idea of having a neutral instance that users can still visit regardless of what happens. There's no user signups, only admin/moderator accounts. Users have to use an account from a federated instance.

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[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago

I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

[-] i_dont_want_to 26 points 3 days ago

I like it because the name is more inclusive. I am incredibly dull and not a man.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Well please come share your dull experiences at both if you like. The original community gets about a dozen posts per week, sundays are generally the most "busy" people like picture posts a lot.

[-] rglullis@communick.news 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I’m not sure if this has happened yet

I have more than 15 topic-specific instances, and we are in absolute agreement about why this is the best arrangement for group federation.

Also, thank you very much for leading by example. Lets hope the bigger instances also see the value in the initiative.

[-] fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 8 points 3 days ago

can i get a tldr on the content and defederation part?

[-] Die4Ever@programming.dev 14 points 3 days ago

if an instance has no users and only communities, then it's less likely to be defederated by anyone, and easier to manage

I do the same thing (also because I don't want to pay for tons of storage space lol) https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/communities

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 points 3 days ago

Can confirm, I host a very small instance with a few niche communities. Many subscribers, I don't know of any defeds against me though. Plus it's how I expect the fediverse to really grow naturally. Join a general one but then smaller instances of more niche topics. Kudos OP!

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

The point is more federation, not less. Decentralizing prevents any big rifts in the fediverse from fracturing the community.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 days ago

.world has come under a lot of fire for being centrist and having anti-violence policies. 196 actually moved from blahaj to world, and most of the users said they wouldn't be going with it, because they don't agree with the aforementioned policies.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

Great idea !

[-] quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

considering this and @Die4Ever@programming.dev's comment, could it incentivize certain types of prospective Admins to create community only instances, increasing attraction of more users to lemmy overall but disproportionally burden the user management workload on the traditional user+community instances?

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Either way the content will go onto their server because of federation. It eliminates some workload from those admins if the small instance is actively modderating.