You worry it’ll close if you choose a smaller server, but you don’t mind your server being instable due to being over capacity (something it’s already having issues with, hence asking people not to join)? Like, no matter if the servers goes down due to it being over it’s capacity or due to quiting, you still can’t use it… Sure it may come back up, but why not join a stable semi-sized instance instead that run smoothly for you and doesn’t cause more trouble for the devs?
I mean, you trust the developers to keep things running smoothly, but you don’t trust their message to not join because they currently can’t…
I don’t think a server is bound to close because of being small or big necessarily, but I think that the average person is more likely to overestimate their capacity to run a server for a lot of people.
I’m no expert, but I imagine the cost a reddit-like server that is open to the public can only go up over time. Unless you delete content periodically on purpose, and especially if you allow users to post images, audio or video.
I can picture someone (understandably) creating a server with good intentions and then after 2 months saying “guys, I didn’t think it would cost this much. And I also need to focus more on work/university so the server will close. You have 3 days to move.”
It’s not like I trust that the developers will have infinite resources, but that they will know what to do to avoid something like that or even take other measures if they know they are reaching a limit. For example, limiting the amount of people that join while they upgrade the servers may be one way to do that (although I don’t know if that’s what they are doing).
As for the server running smoothly, I had a couple of small issues in the little time I’ve been trying to use lemmy, but I assumed they were because of the whole project still being in development rather than a server problem.
You worry it’ll close if you choose a smaller server, but you don’t mind your server being instable due to being over capacity (something it’s already having issues with, hence asking people not to join)? Like, no matter if the servers goes down due to it being over it’s capacity or due to quiting, you still can’t use it… Sure it may come back up, but why not join a stable semi-sized instance instead that run smoothly for you and doesn’t cause more trouble for the devs?
I mean, you trust the developers to keep things running smoothly, but you don’t trust their message to not join because they currently can’t…
Correct me if I’m wrong, but being over capacity will likley get sorted. Quitting is permanent.
I don’t think a server is bound to close because of being small or big necessarily, but I think that the average person is more likely to overestimate their capacity to run a server for a lot of people. I’m no expert, but I imagine the cost a reddit-like server that is open to the public can only go up over time. Unless you delete content periodically on purpose, and especially if you allow users to post images, audio or video.
I can picture someone (understandably) creating a server with good intentions and then after 2 months saying “guys, I didn’t think it would cost this much. And I also need to focus more on work/university so the server will close. You have 3 days to move.”
It’s not like I trust that the developers will have infinite resources, but that they will know what to do to avoid something like that or even take other measures if they know they are reaching a limit. For example, limiting the amount of people that join while they upgrade the servers may be one way to do that (although I don’t know if that’s what they are doing).
As for the server running smoothly, I had a couple of small issues in the little time I’ve been trying to use lemmy, but I assumed they were because of the whole project still being in development rather than a server problem.