!meta@slrpnk.net
Here we can discuss anything about this Lemmy instance/server itself.
!meta
@slrpnk.netHi! I'm a mod at r/solarpunk on reddit, and we're looking for a better platform on which to host the community. I've been browsing slrpnk.net and I really like it.
I'd like to start encouraging early adopters to register an account here. Any migration would certainly be gradual, but before I do anything I wanted to check and see how the current admin and other users feel about this plan.
How's the instance running? What rate do you think this instance could take on new users? How is your moderation capacity at the moment?
https://slrpnk.net/c/lunar_punk
Lunarpunk is a subgenre of solarpunk with a darker aesthetic. It portrays the nightlife, spirituality, and more introspective side of solarpunk utopias. It can be defined as “Witchy Solarpunk.” Aesthetically, lunarpunk usually is presented with pinks, purples, blues, black, and silver with an almost omnipresence of bioluminescent plants and especially mushrooms What is Lunarpunk, And Can It Fix Solarpunk’s Problems? [https://signalsfromtheedge.org/lunarpunk-solarpunk] Solarpunk Station - What is Lunarpunk? [https://solarpunkstation.com/2022/03/03/what-is-lunarpunk/] What is lunarpunk? - Solarpunk Druid [https://solarpunkdruid.com/solarpunk-article/what-is-lunarpunk/]
You might have noticed the interface having changed a bit. This is the new version 0.18 of Lemmy that changed a lot of the internals. So expect there to be some new bugs as well.
I am still ironing out some problems with it and it seems like the version of the Jerboa Android app from F-droid isn't fully compatible yet. Either wait for the update or install the latest .apk from the developer directly. Edit: the F-droid version works now.
I also re-enabled down-votes. The poll was less clear than I hoped, but there was a small majority for enabling down-votes in the end. But I will monitor the situation and if you feel there is negative vote-brigading going on, please use the report function.
Next on the plan is to look into custom themes to make this instance's look a bit more Solarpunkish.
I am also working on some hardware changes for the server. Basically I will transfer this instance to a smaller server that I can optimize better for the database use of Lemmy. This will also allow to quickly turn this smaller machine into a dedicated database server should the need for scaling up due to a new influx of users arise.
Currently there are 2-3 sign-ups per day (real users, not bots) and we crossed the 500 members earlier this week. So overall things are relatively calm and we see a slow, but nicely organic growth 😊
That seemed like a pretty valuable feature on reddit, and it seems even more valuable given that there can multiple communities with the same name on different servers.
So is it possible to crosspost?
or should I do it manually before posting photos I take for privacy?
So I'm trying to subscribe to the fountainpens community at sopilu.xyz and it seems I'm incapable of doing so.
I think the problem is that the name of their community in their own instance is not "/c/fountainpens", but "/c/fountainpens@sopuli.xyz", as you can see from their instance here, so when I look for "!fountainpens@sopuli.xyz" in our search bar, I get nothing. Even if I try typing on the browser searchbar "https://slrpnk.net/c/fountainpens@sopuli.xyz" or "https://slrpnk.net/c/fountainpens@sopuli.xyz@sopuli.xyz", I get nothing.
Am I making a mistake somewhere? And if not, is there a way to make this work, or do I have to have an account at sopuli.xyz to post in this community?
I've noticed there are some communities that aren't showing up from other instances, even though we are federated with them. Is this intentional? or just lemmy being lemmy. (specifically I was trying to join some sewing based communities so nothing I think would have been banned from here)