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submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

Pretty straight question.

I see Lemm.ee is now the second most populated instance based on https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list, with 3634 monthly active users.

I also know that Lemmy devs said that

lemmy.ml is bigger than beehaw, and only costs 80 euros per month for a dedicated server.

https://lemmy.ml/comment/2372503

As lemmy.ml has 3561 monthly active users, should we consider that around 3,5k-4k users is the sweet spot for an instance population, and stop recommending the ones that reached that threshold?

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[-] rglullis@communick.news 2 points 1 year ago

It is not just the number of users, but also the number of communities and subscribers.

I believe that an instance can reach 10k users and have a couple hundred communities without too many issues, i.e, you could run things on one well-tuned database, perhaps add master-slave replication and scale your webservers horizontally.

I do have in my mind that if my instance ever gets to this size (fingers crossed), I will close registrations and only open again to replace churned customers.

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Very good point

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago
[-] rglullis@communick.news 0 points 1 year ago
[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago
[-] rglullis@communick.news 1 points 1 year ago

Hey! Weren't you on Sopuli? :)

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I used to, but then switched here :)

[-] rglullis@communick.news 1 points 1 year ago

I still have less than 250 users, so if you want to come over (or send people here) feel free to do it.

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I was thinking about leaving those spaces for people who actually need that lifetime license, if I ever move I would be happy to support financially:)

[-] rglullis@communick.news 1 points 1 year ago

That's really thoughtful of you, but no need to worry. I'm still managing access to Lemmy manually, and only after I reach the 250 I will start giving the option to "upgrade" or check if the account is being used or if just squatted for the free slot.

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I see! I might join later this week-end then

[-] rglullis@communick.news 1 points 1 year ago

That's really thoughtful of you, but no need to worry. I'm still managing access to Lemmy manually, and only after I reach the 250 I will start giving the option to "upgrade" or check if the account is being used or if just squatted for the free slot.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago
[-] rglullis@communick.news 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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