Thanks for the tag. Maybe the server needed a restart, its been going for like 2 months without one.
Try now and see.
I need a list of which ones don't allow assholes to enter. :)
I'm not sure about that. What if advertising were used to cover server costs, just like donations right now? Then the community may be fine with it.
But I think it's very dangerous to go down that route. Because it's going to become about higher profits, not just covering costs, in the long run.
What you can do is install wireguard server at home and then set your phone to use that wireguard connection always. That's what I do and then my pihole at home filters all my mobile traffic as well.
You can rent an instance for like 10 dollars per month and grow from there. Then expand if you get users and things get slow. Lemmy runs ok on 4 GB of memory but it's better with 8 GB. Postgres use the most.
It's what we all loved about the internet I think, before the web become... "that" (looking at the pile of shit the web has become).
But actually it's not the web, not really. It's the big tech platforms that most people seem to think is the internet now. It's sad to watch how people log on to "Facebook" and not the general web anymore. And then Google in front of everything, like a big cancer growth.
Lemmy is not the new internet either I believe. But it's here to show people that something else can exist. As soon as we let advertising in here though, it's over.
Thank you very much :) I added some glue to this post to give it a bit more attention since I'm super happy for the help and appreciate it a lot.
I haven't written that much about myself either before. But I can say that I also grew up with computers in the 80s and 90s. And I also had my own BBS back then, so thanks for the nostalgia trip! Sometimes I miss it a lot. The community feeling was incredible since so few people were doing things like that. The ones that did were similar to a lot of Lemmy users and curious about new technology and ways of doings things.
And just like @Buelldozer@lemmy.today here, I have zero interest in any power tripping. I like to keep a low profile most of the time and when something happens, I try to do the best I can to fix it. This instance is here because I want people to have an alternative to big tech platforms that are abusing and disrespecting their users. And I plan to stay in the background as much as possible, because this instance is not about me or buelldozer - it's about you guys and building a community around Lemmy. :)
Oh shit, uneasy feelings for managers... :)
Clearly a national emergency.
I think eventually, some people will be OK with paying 5 dollars per month for a YouTube competitor that is better than the original. Much like Kagi is doing for search engines. It won't be for the majority since they still expect free stuff and no ads, which doesn't work.
I have tried to contact the mod and hoping for a response within a day...
Excellent choice of pic! :)
Let me counter with someone who enjoys the sun. :)