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Spread Out: How To Speed Up Lemmy (lemmy.fediverse.observer)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by miles@discuss.online to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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There are many lemmy instances in the world, but currently most people are using lemmy.world. This is why everything has gotten so slow.

You don't have to delete your lemmy.world account, but check out https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map it's a geo-based map of lemmy instances -- explore stuff nearest you, pick one, sign up, search , subscribe and begin interacting with your favorite communities. It's easy, free and it will be faster. Try it!

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[–] BiggestBulb@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't understand personally why Lemmy.world isn't utilizing load balancing (specifically, horizontal load balancing). Is it due to budget concerns?

[–] tyfi@wirebase.org 5 points 1 year ago

There are challenges with horizontal scaling due to the way that Lemmy is architected. Sounds like this will be a priority for them to improve