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- Server is written in rust.
- Server is written in rust.
- Front end is `~80kB` gzipped.
- Front end is `~80kB` gzipped.
## About
Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, lobste.rs, Raddle, or Hacker News. Behind the scenes, it is very different; It allows anyone to run a server (instance), and all instances are federated, and similar to Mastodon, connected to the same universe. For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one server can subscribe to forums on any other Lemmy instance, and can have discussions with users registered on any number of instances.
## Why's it called Lemmy?
## Why's it called Lemmy?
- Lead singer from [motorhead](https://invidio.us/watch?v=pWB5JZRGl0U).
- Lead singer from [motorhead](https://invidio.us/watch?v=pWB5JZRGl0U).
- The old school [video game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game)).
- The old school [video game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game)).
- Add 3 to the score, so that even minimally downvoted comments will be affected by time decay. Otherwise all new comments would stay at zero, near the bottom.
- Use Max(1, score) to make sure all comments are affected by time decay.
- Add 3 to the score, so that everything that has less than 3 downvotes will seem new. Otherwise all new comments would stay at zero, near the bottom.
- The sign and abs of the score are necessary for dealing with the log of negative scores.
- The sign and abs of the score are necessary for dealing with the log of negative scores.
- A scale factor of 10k gets the rank in integer form.
- A scale factor of 10k gets the rank in integer form.