ExtremeDullard

Small instances probably aren’t for you

I’m sorry but… no.

Look, I’m a child of the 70’s, I know what shite internet feels like and I’m a patient man. Hell, half of the reason why I stick to SDF is exactly because I’m patient (the other half being because SDF defederates almost no other instances and I appreciate that).

But I’m running a BBS with 32 lines and quite a few users (yes, old-stylee, with modems) and also a few Echolink repeaters for hams, and I provide better service and better uptime than SDF most of the time. And it’s just me, myself and I with little time to spare after work.

I’m glad you’re satisfied with SDF. My bar is a bit higher than yours apparently, yet goodness knows I’m not demanding…

I made a donation once, with the idea of making one every year, because I believe in paying for the things I use, and particularly small-time, old-style services like SDF.

But the plain and sad reality is, most of the things I DON’T pay for work much better than SDF services.

So yes, it truly was money poorly spent. It wasn’t much money and it didn’t make a dent in my quality of life in any way, but that’s just what it was - money poorly spent.

My one donation will remain a single donation until SDF services improve to the point when I can convince myself that the occasional slowness and downtime are reasonable for a small gig like SDF. Sadly, it’s not even up to that standard, and has never been in the 2 years since I’ve joined: it’s more slowness and downtime than it is working normally.

SDF had been nothing short of terrible for me for the 2 years I’ve been using it. It’s easily in the top spot for worst money I’ve ever spent on anything. And I’m not talking about just Lemmy…

The only reason I’m still here is inertia. But I have a shadow account on Sopuli and I’m getting awfully close to switching for good.

In fairness, Shein and Temu can fuck right off. When the raise prices 377%, they make the worst shit China has to offer more expensive, and that’s a good thing.

It’s not just slow, it’s often down.

It’s getting to the point where I’m going to migrate my account and my two communities to another instance. SDF is just plain unusable ☹️

Hello SDF,

Name’s Rosco. I’m new to Lemmy - and the whole Fediverse ecosystem as a whole. I’ve been interested for a while but hadn’t really done anything to discover it. I figured the Reddit debacle was a good opportunity to take the plunge: I recently nuked my old Reddit account, then created another one, then realized I was beating a dead horse.

I’m new to SDF too. I didn’t know it before searching for a nice Lemmy server I’d feel at home on. As an old Unix hack, SDF is right up my alley.

So here I am. Thank you for having me! I hope to contribute something of value on here.