Hello, Beehaw r0ckstars!!

So I’ve been really enjoying the Lemmy platform and Beehaw.org as the place I get my Lemmy feed… I have a couple day 2 questions and wonder if ya’ll might take a sh0t at answering them. :P Lets g00000:

So I see, on the main page/feed, that I can select subscribed, local or all posts. I usually look thru subscribed first, of course, but should I stay local or select all when just reading thru posts? I assume all - is all like the rest of the Lemmy fediverse? I’d like to view posts from other websites, so I think I know my answer… but wonder what ya’ll do.

Next, I’m a retro-computing nerd and host a few services from my home network… my BBS, a Matrix server, a KDX/Hotline server [I know, I know…], a Mast… all the hipster stuff. Should I run a Lemmy??? Does the Lemmy project want more nodes, or do the devs prefer large sites such as Beehaw.org??? I am really enjoying the Lemmy experience and beliefs - while Beehaw.org’s spirit and mission statements fully coincide with my beliefs, I do have the ability to host services on decent domains with good uptime. :P If I ran a Lemmy node would I still be able to easily get Beehaw.org posts???

How large is the Lemmy fediverse userbase so far? I see that Beehaw.org has around 500 users a day… OK. And theres a couple larger Lemmy sites, right??? So we’re still at the early phases of Lemmy? How long has it been around??? Why didn’t I know about it sooner??? [rhetorical on that one… :)]

Glad to be here… thanks for anyone who takes the time to itch my scratch.

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  • Lionir [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I honestly, don’t really look outside of Beehaw so I keep to subscribed or local.

    I think a mix of big and small nodes is best. Big ones are good for the structure they can give and small ones for the better moderation and more involved sense of community. I think Beehaw falls more into the latter.

    If you made your own, you could easily get Beehaw’s posts and communities just like any other server in the fediverse, it’s the really great thing about it all - the inter-connectivity of communities.

    Lemmy has around 46,257 total users according to https://the-federation.info/. Beehaw has around 3k at the momt. Lemmy has existed for about 4 years, I think.

    Edit : fediverse -> lemmy

    • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
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      2 years ago

      The fediverse has around 46,257 total users

      That’s just Lemmy. The Fediverse contains other platforms that can connect together (the biggest being Mastodon), and according to that site has around 9 million users