Hello, Beehaw r0ckstars!!

So I’ve been really enjoying the Lemmy platform and Beehaw.org as the place I get my Lemmy feed… I have a couple day 2 questions and wonder if ya’ll might take a sh0t at answering them. :P Lets g00000:

So I see, on the main page/feed, that I can select subscribed, local or all posts. I usually look thru subscribed first, of course, but should I stay local or select all when just reading thru posts? I assume all - is all like the rest of the Lemmy fediverse? I’d like to view posts from other websites, so I think I know my answer… but wonder what ya’ll do.

Next, I’m a retro-computing nerd and host a few services from my home network… my BBS, a Matrix server, a KDX/Hotline server [I know, I know…], a Mast… all the hipster stuff. Should I run a Lemmy??? Does the Lemmy project want more nodes, or do the devs prefer large sites such as Beehaw.org??? I am really enjoying the Lemmy experience and beliefs - while Beehaw.org’s spirit and mission statements fully coincide with my beliefs, I do have the ability to host services on decent domains with good uptime. :P If I ran a Lemmy node would I still be able to easily get Beehaw.org posts???

How large is the Lemmy fediverse userbase so far? I see that Beehaw.org has around 500 users a day… OK. And theres a couple larger Lemmy sites, right??? So we’re still at the early phases of Lemmy? How long has it been around??? Why didn’t I know about it sooner??? [rhetorical on that one… :)]

Glad to be here… thanks for anyone who takes the time to itch my scratch.

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  •  Dave   ( @Dave@lemmy.nz ) English
    5•1 year ago

    It’s not farfetched, it should be possible. It would just need technical skills if no one has done it yet.

    A basic version would be that you could run an instance, submit your posts manually, then add an iFrame under your blog that embeds the lemmy site. Janky but it could work.

    If you were super technical, the Lemmy interface and the Lemmy server are separate. You could build a new interface in your blog that communicates with the server.

    Another idea is you could try to search for a blog comment plugin based on Mastodon, and see if it can be tweaked to run with Lemmy