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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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[–] paulie420 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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!

[–] kiwi@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] paulie420 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Understood... I love Beehaw.org, but I'm thinking more and more that I need to spin up a Lemmy instance on my domains. :P

w00t w00t!

[–] kiwi@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

You should do it! And let us know how it goes.

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