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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    You can create communities on an existing instance just by clicking "Create Community" in the top menu; no need to host anything yourself. At least you can on the instance I use; not sure about lemmy.world.

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