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[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

the problem with small instances is they die more frequently. sometimes without prior notice. i lost a few accounts that way. that lemmy server list said it wouldn't matter what instance i chose, but it really did. with this account, it's the longest time i had one.

however, all big instances started small. so we also need ppl to grow small ones. it's not an easy choice.

[-] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

When I first signed up for this instance, it had a monthly users number of maybe like a dozen people, now it has a lot more

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 10 points 2 days ago

What? Is getting noticed bad?

[-] Sunshine@feddit.is 7 points 2 days ago

Iceland's has been getting a lot tourists lately lol

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago
[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

High praise indeed from you, The Altfather.

[-] Sunshine@feddit.is 1 points 1 day ago

It’s my backup maaan!

[-] GreenSofaBed@feddit.is 2 points 1 day ago

It's a nice place to be right!

[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago

Its a feature not a bug :)

My issue is lemmy.world (and other bigger instances) is so big that it was just slamming my tiny personal lemmy then later piefed server, so I had to give up. There was a HUGE queue of changes for my little instance of one user.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 days ago

Instances only send you content for communities you (or someone on your instance) are subscribed to. If you don't care about politics you could probably subscribe to a bunch of smaller communities and not have an issue.

In general though Lemmy needs a lot of disk space, best to configure pictrs not to store images which helps a lot, but the database can still be huge.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 1 points 1 day ago

I think the database load improved with recent versions. You can also try disabling synchronous_commit in postgres to make your database like 5x faster.

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