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Lemmy.world status update 2023-07-04 (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ruud@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
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Status update July 4th

Just wanted to let you know where we are with Lemmy.world.

Issues

As you might have noticed, things still won't work as desired.. we see several issues:

Performance

  • Loading is mostly OK, but sometimes things take forever
  • We (and you) see many 502 errors, resulting in empty pages etc.
  • System load: The server is roughly at 60% cpu usage and around 25GB RAM usage. (That is, if we restart Lemmy every 30 minutes. Else memory will go to 100%)

Bugs

  • Replying to a DM doesn't seem to work. When hitting reply, you get a box with the original message which you can edit and save (which does nothing)
  • 2FA seems to be a problem for many people. It doesn't always work as expected.

Troubleshooting

We have many people helping us, with (site) moderation, sysadmin, troubleshooting, advise etc. There currently are 25 people in our Discord, including admins of other servers. In the Sysadmin channel we are with 8 people. We do troubleshooting sessions with these, and sometimes others. One of the Lemmy devs, @nutomic@lemmy.ml is also helping with current issues.

So, all is not yet running smoothly as we hoped, but with all this help we'll surely get there! Also thank you all for the donations, this helps giving the possibility to use the hardware and tools needed to keep Lemmy.world running!

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[–] Sev@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

I switched to a regional instance to take the load off for everyone, Lemmy is even better!

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Connect for Lemmy, Android and yeah still happening.

[–] MrTHXcertified@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

More props for you and the other admins as you ride the waves. It’s for a great cause.

[–] theyoyomaster@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are there any plans to make user up and down votes not viewable publicly? I know for a lot of new adopters this can be a deal breaker.

[–] yumpoopsoup@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If someone cares about their privacy that badly why vote at all? I'm sure votes are tracked by the sites on other websites?

[–] theyoyomaster@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On reddit only reddit knows your up and down votes which are never made public unless you check an option in settings. The fediverse is already a target for brigading due to the decentralized nature, allowing bad actors to figure out who to target seems like a terrible idea. Imagine what people like /r/againsthatesubreddits would do with that info.

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On the flip side, it also makes brigading easier to detect, so instances can defederate communities that routinely vote in bad faith.

[–] theyoyomaster@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

So only group think supported brigading is allowed, even better.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks for the update, you're leading the way for Lemmy.

I was prepared for servers crashing and lagging, but you're keeping things moving thus far, despite receiving 85k new users in a month. Heroic stuff.

[–] Achsonaja@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Curious about the server info. Is there more info available somewhere else?

Is lemmy.world running on a single server? What's the CPU and memory capacity? You mentioned a percentage of CPU usage and an amount for ram, so that made me curious about what's available for each.

Does restarting take down all services or is the application clustered or not monolithic somehow?

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's a single server with 32core/64 thread AMD EPYC and 128GB RAM. At the moment we run multiple containers for lemmy so restarting doesn't mean outage.

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

That is, if we restart Lemmy every 30 minutes. Else memory will go to 100%

who'd have thought memory leaks would be possible in Rust 🀯

(sorry not sorry Rust devs)

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[–] zaggynl@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for all your efforts.

I'm sorry to hear you're using Discord, for me it fits right in with the likes of Reddit, Twitter and Facebook. Why not use something independant and federated like Matrix or XMPP?

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[–] footlover7777@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for putting in all the hard work. Especially on a holiday. We appreciate you guys!

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[–] joetom01@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In which country is this server located?

[–] ruud@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Finland

[–] Smartboystupid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hi, am I correct that typing on iPad currently doesn’t work? As in the keypad won’t show up. I have to type in google or notepad and paste (the paste popup still works) to lemmy.world lol! Anyone else?

As always, thanks for the hard work everybody puts into this!

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Had that happen earlier this week. Update your Lemmy client, then update your iPad, then restart your iPad. That fixed it for me with WefWef.

[–] Smartboystupid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You are the boss! Turning the iPad off and on again worked :)

[–] Koopa_Khan@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for everything you’ve done and continue to do!

Is there anything that people can do to help if they’re unable assist in troubleshooting?

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[–] Pixlbabble@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

Growing Pains

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