Hey guys,

Do you think it makes sense to create a service which allows users to spawn and host their own instances of Lemmy?

I understand that Lemmy is about distributed communities and Fediverse, but I am also thinking that we could increase adoption if we allow non tech-savvy communities to join in.

What are your thoughts?

  • originalucifer
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    77 months ago

    its inevitable. just like wordpress sites. but the fediverse is still young. its going to take some time to work out the mod tooling, domain handling, etc.

    i know lots of people get all butthurt about csam and piracy, but its just moderation like any other forum.

      • originalucifer
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        37 months ago

        the hostname+domain to use for the instance. would require registration (if not a using an already registered subdomain) and associated certificates. impossible to change once you start federating… like a house street address.

  • Muddybulldog
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    37 months ago

    There’s already at least one company doing it (based on a quick Google search).

  • @SheeEttin
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    -17 months ago

    Sure. What’s your plan for moderating content like piracy, death threats, CSAM, and terrorism?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      -37 months ago

      Why are you so salty?

      Good questions you are asking. If I were to think out loud, I’d say this would require some kind of global moderation.

      • @SheeEttin
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        37 months ago

        Hmm. I’m not sure what the advantage would be over just creating communities on existing instances, then, if someone else is still going to be the admin.