It's slower than reddit ever was.... at least in the 14 years I was there.
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
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It's funny seeing famiar usernames, heh.
It's speed largely depends on the instance you're connected to. There's definitely scaling problems going on with some instances.
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Try lemm.ee instance. It is REALLY fast compared to lemmy.world or sh.itjust.works. And it is also general instance, not some theme-specific.
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I'm pretty new to this federation idea, but if I'm on a small instance of Lemmy and browsing c/[email protected], would I still see degraded performance?
Are the instances mirroring the content of the communities hosted in another instance?
(Edit: thanks everyone, your responses are really helpful!)
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Yes, that's how federation works. Your local host may be faster than the instance you are browsing content on, especially if that other instance is getting hugged to death or DDOSed. But even if that is happening, the rest of the Fediverse works just fine.
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No, instances are not mirrored. That's probably possible in activitypub (the protocol that Lemmy and similar Fediverse platforms use), but unlikely to happen due to server resources and funding.
Think of it as a bunch of forums on the Internet, where an account made on one forum allows you to comment and see content on other forums, but you don't need a separate account for all of them. Federation somewhat simplifies things, but there are drawbacks that I won't get into here.
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I even got an error page the first time I tried to load this post. Just like old times! 🥲
I would just wish there would be a new Reddit view as well. It is just so annoying having to click on the images to zoom in
I prefer having to click on the image, but I keep wanting to resize it like with RES TT_TT
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Yeah, this is taking me back to 2013 reddit. Really enjoying it here. I'm hoping it continues to walk down this path.
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I love that your first instinct after being here just a few hours is to bitch about things. Maybe donate and thank the devs for the free work they're doing so you don't have to deal with the bullshit on Reddit, and then in a month or so when the user influx has calmed down a bit, then you can bitch if you want.
i don't think this was intended as an entirely serious complaint.
personally i'm very impressed with how well it's still running right now despite the influx
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That depends on the instance you’re on.
Even the user interface brings back the memory...
Gotta start somewhere...
The best part of this post, is the segue into the new !showerthoughts community