I thought this was an interesting post and discussion on selfhosted. Thoughts?

Some great points, but it’s nonsense to say r/selfhosted isnt about selfhosting. I’ve learned so much there.

  • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    5 days ago

    I wonder if anybody here has tried some of the other failed reddit alternatives like Voat for a long enough time to be able to speak on how lemmy has fared relative to them.

    I tried a few during other reddit exoduses, and they all felt… bad. Lemmy is the first one I’ve managed to actually stay on comfortably without being tempted back to reddit.

    • spector@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      4 days ago

      Voats problem wasn’t engagement. It was literal nazis.

      They tried to prop up a thin veneer of legitimacy but at some point they just stopped caring. The front page became blatant “kill all [whatever]” type posts. That’s when engagement completely collapsed.

      Lemmy has some clearly in bad faith instances which are probably run by nazis. Federation seems to be doing its job of resilience.

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        4 days ago

        Yea, no disagreement. I more am curious if the federated nature is what helps mitigate that risk, or if there is some other systemic distinction that has helped.

        I also just don’t know what the others were like long-term - did they peeter out? Would I realize it if lemmy was in the same decline?

    • fantawurstwasser@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      4 days ago

      Lemmy is the first reddit alternative that wasn’t setup by neonazis after they were banned on reddit and therefore Lemmy had the chance to get a userbase that is not made of neonazis. And that gives Lemmy the ability to grow, as most people really don’t want to use a forum full of neonazis

    • AustralianSimon@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      5 days ago

      I’m contemplating moving my blog to write freely but they don’t seem like they will last. I don’t want to host it as I keep my servers unexposed.