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darkstar@lemmy.zip 3 years ago
Hey Demigodrick, I’d love to know more about lemmy and how it works, how moderation on instances works etc. You mentioned brief periods of the instance going down? What would this look like if it were to happen, are we talking a few minutes / hours? I’d just like to know if I need to make another account as a backup on another instance in case this one is down.
Edit: there are also a few communities I am unable to find through lemmy.zip, not sure if I’m doing something wrong but I can find them on other instances
Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 3 years ago
Hey darkstar. I’m still finding stuff out too - I can see the moderation logs from some of the subscribed instances this instance is federated with, so have some idea of what is going on. If someone is banned on one of these instances, they are banned here too.
If the server goes down, I dont expect it to be for more than a minute or two. Technically, the server is running in a docker container and might go offline if the container is removed and rebuilt, say as the result of me pulling the latest update down. The database is in a different container and so isnt affected by this, so there isnt any data loss. At worst, you might be logged out. Most of the backend stuff, i.e. email, is working now/
Also, this server is unlikely to go down for any reason other than updates - i’ve got a years worth of credits with the host platform so unless our usage goes up drastically, we’re all set.
You may need to search for those communities first, it does take a while when you first search for them so some patience is required. If you can let me know examples I can take look at it. Some communities marked NSFW might not show, but I’m open to reviewing the rules. As a community, its only fair this instance decides its own rules!
darkstar@lemmy.zip 3 years ago
Wow thank you for the speedy response! Okay that makes sense for banning accounts, then its a little easier to control. I can also deal with a few minutes of downtime lol, realistically I probably wont notice. I see if a community hastn been searched for yet on an instance then it wont automatically show up until it has been searched at least once? A little confusing but I’ll just wait and see if they start to populate :) Thanks!
Demigodrick@lemmy.zip 3 years ago
Yeah, a community has to be searched for once before it “federates” with this server. Once you’ve subscribed to that community, both instances know about each other and all community members will see the posts appear in the “all” tab. That community will also show in your “Subscribed” tab if you dont want to see all communities.
I’ve seen it happen in real time a couple of times now, where suddenly loads of posts appear in the feed from a new community after someone has subscribed.
darkstar@lemmy.zip 3 years ago
Pretty cool how it works actually. I’m keen to see how this all plays out with reddit going down, hopefully lemmy can successfully take reddits place