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Reddit Blackout Plans are really heating up... (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by mrcleansocks@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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I just saw this post over on r/modcoord which is basically a massive list of subreddits participating in the blackout protest. If I'm being honest I haven't seen this much anger and coordinated frustration since the era right before the digg exodus.

Assuming more and more subreddits join in, it's going to send a pretty massive message to the users who interact with a blacked out subreddit. Then I'm trying to imagine what happens if after a massive coordinated blackout, Reddit continue on the current trajectory. Is Lemmy even prepared to handle the amount of potential incoming traffic that API closure could lead to? It's absolutely bonkers to me that the Reddit team might just stay the course....

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[-] roblarky@beehaw.org 17 points 3 years ago

So is there any way for me to help in terms of load distribution? Still figuring out this federated stuff.

Let's say beehaw for example.

I don't think (?) I want to create my own instance to moderate or whatever, but am I able to create an instance which is like a node to help with load/volume?

Or is that a matter of beehaw needing beefier servers/bandwidth? Meaning it comes down to financial contribution (which I've already set a monthly donation for).

[-] Lodion@lemmy.click 13 points 3 years ago

If you introduce people to Lemmy, direct them to smaller instances to sign up on.

[-] crisisingot@beehaw.org 14 points 3 years ago

Only thing I'll say is you still have to pick carefully cause you're also picking a mod/admin team.

[-] Lodion@lemmy.click 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Not sure I'd say "careful"... more of "don't get too comfortable". As the dust clears I'd expect some/many of the new instances to shutdown. Likely due to hitting server resource limits, or admin motivation limits :)

[-] hadrian@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago

Yeah there's a bunch. See https://join-lemmy.org/instances and there are several there to choose from.

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