I’d love to create a few niche places like the ones I enjoyed on reddit but when it comes to creating a community on Lemmy, the barrier to entry is steep for me. From what I understand I need an always-on storage medium to host and I don’t really have a spare device that I can reliably keep on 24/7 to host a community on here. I wish it were easier but that’s the nature of the beast I spose.
I’d love to create a few niche places like the ones I enjoyed on reddit but when it comes to creating a community on Lemmy, the barrier to entry is steep for me. From what I understand I need an always-on storage medium to host and I don’t really have a spare device that I can reliably keep on 24/7 to host a community on here. I wish it were easier but that’s the nature of the beast I spose.
You only need a server if you want to run an entire instance (ex.
lemmy.world). Anyone can create a community on most instances.The graphics on this guide might help:
https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/detailed-overview
Thank you! I must have gotten instances and communities confused. Still getting used to the fediverse 😅