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How to get users for a new instance? (lemmy.villa-straylight.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Wintermute@lemmy.villa-straylight.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I self-hosted an instance a when I got here a few days ago. The server costs me the same whether I use it or not, so I'd like to let as many people sign up as I can. I had a few people sign up already before join-lemmy.org was changed to require 5 monthly active users, but now my instance isn't shown there because it's below the limit.

Any idea on how to attract a dozen or so users so that I can show up on the main join-lemmy page again?

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[–] howdy@thesimplecorner.org 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just guessing but... Ironically, post on /r/lemmymigration. Have clear rules and community expectations that tell people what your instance is about.

I'm self hosted too debating if I'm gonna open mine or keep it closed. I really did it as a learning experience, fun and curiosity. Hosting costs will barely be a Starbucks drink a month as is...

[–] slashzero@hakbox.social 5 points 1 year ago

I’m also self hosted. I decided to self host because cost of running a server isn’t so bad, and I like having my own domain / address.

Mine is open, and I’ve had some random signups without promoting it anywhere.

[–] MyopicTopic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What provider are you using to host? I've got a hostgator shared plan for a personal site but wasn't sure if I'd specifically need a VPS to do it.

[–] howdy@thesimplecorner.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm using cloudzy VPS. It's cheap but realized that smtp ports are blocked today... So gotta look into what to do about that if I want to use this instance beyond a private one. Email would be required for forgot passwords, registrations, etc...

[–] Wintermute@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You almost certainly want to outsource email to something like SendGrid anyway. Hosting your own email server is harder than it's worth these days.

[–] howdy@thesimplecorner.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah for sure. Would have to figure out how to integrate with lemmy since its an api.