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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  • pAULIE42o@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the replies; I’m commenting to both of ya’ll r0ckstars in this reply b/c you both answered my questions and gave me some links to checkout; Beehaw.org is great for my home LemmyNet site, but I’ll search thru all after checking my subs.

    Users can’t create their own sub-forums, right??? I do wish that was a thing, as I’m missing a few of my main /r/'s…

    Thanks ya’ll… appreciate the community we have here and the willingness to help the newbs. Cheers!

    • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m afraid creating a copy of a subreddit doesn’t make those people come here. It’s better to have less specific groups where different types of content is created, then break off new communities at the point the overwhelm the genralised ones.

      There’s a post that covers that here.

        • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
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          1 year ago

          That post isn’t by the Lemmy devs, it’s by one of the admins at the second-largest instance.

          I think one of the benefits of this setup is that each instance gets to decide for themselves how they want to operate.

    • kiwi@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Some/most servers only allow admins to create new communities (sub-forum). You can create any communities you want on your own instance and those communities can be accessed from other servers.