ActivityPub relay for self hosted lemmy instances?
ActivityPub relay for self hosted lemmy instances?
It looks like a lot of people want to self-host Lemmy. Would having an ActivityPub relay setup for those instances to subscribe to, instead of them all subscribing individually to the bigger instances be feasible? I've only seen discussions online about relays in regards to Mastodon. Has anyone attempted to set up one for use with Lemmy instances?
I set up an instance recently. I found that as soon as a couple of other people joined the instance and started subscribing to groups there was more than enough content coming in.
There are only so many communities to join and once one person joins something the entire server benefits. So it feels much less lonely than a small mastodon instance. No real need for a relay.
Oh, yes, the chattiness of the ActivityPub protocol could very well become a problem and some sort of network topology will need to be designed. Without a fediverse-wide governance structure, that could be difficult!
You're not misunderstanding. They just solve more than one issue, and create a few too.
That's a personal preference though. You don't have a need for a relay. There are more than a few people who want to run their own instance and at least browse all the things without having to subscribe to them. This is a news aggregator at the core after all.
Well, maybe that is the case. I had an easier time building a feed with mastodon by following hashtags. I have joined about 15 or so communities and the feed still isn't what I want it to be. Is there a way to use hashtags the same way with Lemmy?