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I was talking to a friend about the recent issues Lemmy, and lemmy.world in particular is facing.
I suggested that while the scaling issues on the Lemmy software itself is being worked upon, maybe more "bland" country/region instances where people can join is a viable solution....
That I'd love to make an account on
lemmy.sea(a Southeast Asian Lemmy instance)Edited typo(s)
It would be interesting to have a .ph instance though. r/ph managed to reach 1M subscribers alone, and the offshoot ph subs could justify having a ph-centric instance.
You need someone to host and pay that domain. .ph domains tend to be expensive to renew.
Yeah. Hosting might be cheaper, but it would be a challenge to keep it sustainable if it's going to operate through contributions. And yeah, it's a pity that dot.ph has complete control over the .ph TLDs. But I suppose it doesn't necessarily have to be a .ph, but any domain name that could cater to the ph crowd.
how about gawa tayo sarili natin instance? will be financed through donations galing mismo satin. Pero is it possible ma-takedown un instance if ever na may topic na controversial for example sa itang politician? something like na-insulto xa sa post natin and pinagbantaan tayo?
That's another can of worms I've never thought about. Reddit used to have a warranty canary in their annual transparency report. It disappeared on the next year which indicated that foreign governments has started potential user information requests.
In 2016, there was one preservation request from Philippines. But by last year, there were 8 content removal requests.
So yeah, it's possible that a PH-centric instance could be sanctioned by the government for content they may deem questionable.
I didn't even think about the possibility of government censorship, tbh. I was just thinking that creating a PH-centric instance might not be viable, but perhaps an instance to serve South-east Asia might be. I also briefly entertained the mental image of a very salty SEA-centric instance (like the infamous amount of salt present in SEA gaming servers), but that just intensifies the pun in my head.
On a more serious note, yeah. It doesn't have to be hosted here in the Philippines, maybe perhaps Singapore? That still faces the issues of skilled admins (to handle all the technical stuff associated in hosting an instance), as well as the associated expenses (and managing donations).