Walop@sopuli.xyz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoTwitter is down, users getting Rate limit exceeded errorswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
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minus-squareGhostalmedia@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoNot a great day for social media. Twitter down, Reddit has not 3rd party apps, Lemmy is being hugged to death by people bailing Reddit and Twitter. I guess I’ll go outside.
minus-squareBriongloid@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago2023 has been historical for social media, so much changing so fast.
minus-squareNetto Hikari@social.fossware.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoLemmy isn’t hugged to death. The issue is that everyone is just heading to the same handful of instances.
minus-squareCartman@lemmywinks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe they should update the join-lemmy.org page to suggest joining smaller instances. They put popular instances at the top and presumably that’s what everyone wants to join.
minus-squareNetto Hikari@social.fossware.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYes, that’s most likely the cause.
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThe instance I’m on is working fine, I think the problem is people are gravitating towards the largest 2-3 instances.
Not a great day for social media. Twitter down, Reddit has not 3rd party apps, Lemmy is being hugged to death by people bailing Reddit and Twitter.
I guess I’ll go outside.
2023 has been historical for social media, so much changing so fast.
Lemmy isn’t hugged to death. The issue is that everyone is just heading to the same handful of instances.
Maybe they should update the join-lemmy.org page to suggest joining smaller instances. They put popular instances at the top and presumably that’s what everyone wants to join.
Yes, that’s most likely the cause.
The instance I’m on is working fine, I think the problem is people are gravitating towards the largest 2-3 instances.