Thanks for your feedback. I like your idea, I'll have a look into what I can do to make it happen.
Absolutely!
Uptime Kuma Github: https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma
Note that I am not the creator of Uptime Kuma, https://github.com/louislam gets all the credit there.
Https HEAD requests - I find it yields accurate results for Lemmy and it's extremely light on bandwidth.
Hey thanks for your feedback. I've made them all URLs now.
Search and sort are tricky as it's not something Uptime Kuma status pages can do, I'll look into what can be done there.
There are no requirements, and they wouldn't be enforceable even if somebody tried. The admin of instance1 has no way of knowing that you already have an account on instance2. Your identifiable details (IP address, e-mail address) are private to the instance that you sign up with and it would be a violation of privacy (and inherently scummy) for those to be shared between instances - they're not.
You can be anonymous on the fediverse, just like the Internet in general used to be before Facebook.
That's entirely up to you, it can be the same username if you want. Speaking as an instance admin, there is no problem with users creating multiple accounts across instances, even if they're the same username.
Spam would be creating as many usernames as you can on any given instance (e.g. trying to register 100 users on lemmy.world because reasons) - there's obviously a problem with that. Creating you@instance1, you@instance2 and you@instanceN is perfectly fine.
I think they're stuck in a vicious circle, their server costs scale with size but new users are way more likely to donate. Users that have already donated feel like they've done their bit for a while, and that's if they're still around and engaged in a few weeks. Very few people want to donate monthly, subscription style.
My personal controversial view is people should put more faith in well-run self-hosted instances. It's a much more sustainable way to run a Fediverse server and self-hosted doesn't have to mean amateur hour. Just because an instance is cloud hosted doesn't mean it's well configured or secure either.
I have way more resources at my disposal than the vast majority of cloud hosted instances, for a tiny fraction of the cost. lemm.ee for example is very well run but has to put up with a 100kb image size limit because of cost-driven space constrains.
Self hosting is also closer to the spirit of what decentralization is supposed to mean - your server ultimately belongs to your host.
It took about the same for me.
Great work! It really is amazing how much better Lemmy works now compared to only 2 weeks ago.
Hey, you should be able to search for it, this may help you: https://lemdit.com/post/18035
I am able to find it from vlemmy:
Note that it won't show up in the search results if you are not logged in.
Defederation is simultaneously very useful and very dangerous.
Large instances have the power to kill smaller ones by defederating them, since they control an overwhelming share of Fediverse content. That is a lot of power in the hands of a small group of people, each potentially with their own views and agendas.
I think defederation should be reserved for openly malicious servers and used as an absolute last resort. Think of the Internet and how horrible it would be if countries decided to just disconnect from other countries based on conflicting ideologies.
The vast majority of users on legitimate instances just want to explore interesting things, share some thoughts and have a good time. Defederating hurts legitimate users the most, trolls can easily hop instances and find another way to troll.
This is a Lemmy-ui bug, not related to CDN/cache.
I had submitted a bug report for it some time ago but it's not that urgent in the great scheme of things so they didn't get around to it yet: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1865
(the report speaks about this happening after you log in, but it's the same thing).