My current Lemmy/Beehaw ?s... :P

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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