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I'm definitely seeing the benefits of belonging to a smaller Lemmy instance today. (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by michaelcharles@programming.dev to c/meta@programming.dev
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I've gone and made accounts of a handful of Lemmy instances, all of them larger, more popular ones.

... and I can't access any of them directly today, likely due to the influx of users from Reddit.

Programming.dev is alive and well though.

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[–] Saint_of_Illusion@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was thinking if an instance owner cannot afford to keep upgrading servers, it could close its doors to new registrations. This will create a need for more instances and users will be more evenly distributed.

[–] cmeerw@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But it's my understanding that resource usage will keep increasing even if you keep the number of users constant on a server (as more content is posted in the communities that users are subscribed to, and that content needs to be synced and stored).

[–] the_inebriati@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's adding storage, which is comparatively cheap.

For more simultaneous users, you need more CPU/RAM. That's where the monthly cost shoots up fast.

[–] kwerks@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That makes sense