Well, whew! As a result of Reddit's recent spark of genius, the number of users looking for a new home has been growing at quite a brisk pace. In the last 12 hours, over 30 new membership applications were received. This has never happened before in Sopuli's short history. It's a bit like what happened to Mastodon when Twitter had its own spark of genius. I'm surprised and also excited.
Anyway, welcome to new users! Feel free to check out Sopuli and Lemmy in general. If you have any questions, you should first check FAQ if the question has already been answered. A list of communities, both on Sopuli and on other instances, is conveniently displayed in Communities and here. If you are planning to create a new community for a topic, you should check there to see if one has already been created and if the topic is fitting for it.
No huh huh! Redditin viimeaikaisten neronleimauksien seurauksena uutta kotia etsiviä käyttäjiä on tullut varsin reippaalla tahdilla. Viimeisen 12 tunnin aikana tuli yli 30 uutta käyttäjähakemusta. Tällaista ei ole Sopulin lyhyen historian aikana tapahtunut aiemmin. Tämä on vähän sama asia kuin mitä vuorostaan Mastodonille kävi Twitterin neronleimausten takia. Olen yllättynyt ja myös innostunut.
Joka tapauksessa, tervetuloa uusille käyttäjille! Tutustukaa Sopuliin ja Lemmyyn ylipäänsä vapaasti. Jos on kysyttävää, kannattaa ensiksi katsoa UKK:sta, jos kysymykseen on jo vastattu. Listan yhteisöistä sekä Sopulissa että muilla instansseilla näkee kätevästi Yhteisöt-näkymän kautta ja täältä. Mikäli aikoo perustaa uuden yhteisön jollekin aiheelle, kannattaa katsoa, onko sellainen jo perustettu ja sopiiko aihe siihen.
When did this friend of yours try to sign up first?
Last night around 23:00 US Eastern time
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3036 Did your friend have a looong and complex password? This may be the culprit. Otherwise this is really frustrating as the server logs are not saying a t hing.
Haha actually they did. Generated a random one to sign up with. I’ll tell them to try again with a simpler one. Thanks for the help and this is a great community you have here!
Edit: out of curiosity, what is it about the long/complex password that messes it up?
I'm not a developer, but it has apparently something to do with the database. This same problem has popped up several times, and now I updated the FAQ.
I've seen this, too. Interestingly you may manage to make an account with a long password, but logging in with the password may or may not work.
A very odd bug. Why would there be such a small limit and didn't anyone but users notice? Or maybe it only happens to some users.