I have an idea (not sure if it’s a good or bad one) that has been bouncing around my head for a while like an itch that I can’t properly scratch. Would like to set up a PieFed community to try it, or possibly an Mbin one, I am not sure it would be as workable in Lemmy. But can any of them be setup from scratch and run without mnowing any coding? Thanks

  • trailee@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    6 hours ago

    System administration is a different skill than software coding, although there is some overlap. You should be technically minded and detail oriented, willing to read documentation and tutorials closely, and have the curiosity to dig into related details that you don’t understand. In many ways it’s “just” configuring and running software on a Linux server, but there are lots of details underneath all that (hosting, DNS, backups, security, etc). Of course it’s also then managing users as an instance admin, and presiding over deeply held opposing community views like whether to enable downvotes.

    Edit: based on another comment I reread your question and maybe you’re just asking about creating a new community on an existing instance, not hosting your own instance. If so, then my above answer is irrelevant, sorry. Creating a community is very straightforward, you just have to be willing to be the head moderator and deal with everything that entails.

    • Babalugats@feddit.ukOP
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Regarding PieFed, I believe a community. Lemmy instances wouldn’t really suit what I have in mind. But if I’m beong honest, I haven’t given a lot of thought to which is called what.

      Something like this is what I am thinking.

      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        lemmy instance == piefed instance
        lemmy community == piefed community

        this asklemmy thing is a community

        the topics are a different thing though, I think you need to request the admins to assign your community to a topic.

    • railway692@piefed.zipEnglish
      7·
      2 hours ago

      To set up a community on an existing instance?

      Not even that.

      I set up two communities by accident on my way to the bathroom while replying to this comment.