Does it actually matter?
I chose lemmy.ca because I’m a proud Canadian patriot 💪🇨🇦🫡
Same here. Just seemed like the right choice.
Google search. I had no clue about multiple instances. Search lemmy on Google and first link was for lemmy.ml domain so that’s how I am here.
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I made my first account on lemmy.ml because it had a commitment to free and open-source software with a focus on privacy.
Lemmy.world because lemmy.ML recommended it when I tried to sign up there. I’m considering moving to a smaller server though since this one seems to be getting overloaded.
Same, feeling really slow for me
Yea, for whatever reason, lemmy.world became the sort of de facto “main” instance, which isn’t a bad thing and lemmy.world isn’t a bad choice at all, ruud AFAICT is a dedicated and experienced fediverse admin.
There may be issues to centralising the user load too much. I don’t have the technical knowledge to back this up, but it probably makes sense that there is such a thing as too much for one server to handle. If it has to handle all of the user requests as well has syncing all of the large and popular communities that a “main” instance is likely to host, then it’s just a lot and probably requires technical solutions and investment beyond what one admin/team is willing or capable of doing. Plus, lemmy the software may not be designed for that sort of load, which probably requires a distinct architecture from that of a smaller instance.
So it probably, at point at least, makes sense to spread the load of both the users and the communities. However, it seems that redditors as accustomed to a “central” and singular service as they are have kind of opted in to re-creating a central “main” instance like they’re used to. It may very well be a bad habit, as it presumes that there’s just some giant server and a dedicated tech team sitting there waiting to scale up at a moment’s notice. Of course, lemmy.world are free to halt sign ups and encourage users to pick other instances. But it remains to be seen how lemmy, its software and the fediverse/threadiverse in general handles communities/groups/magazines at this new scale.
In the mean time, intentionally spreading the load might help. As would donating to the developers and your admin!!
Yeah I’ve noticed some issues lately with lemmy.world. I assume it has to do the quick growth from the great Reddit migration.
For some reason I couldn’t join lemmy.world and few other popular instances, be it because of technical issues, load, idk. I joined sh.itjust.works because I wanted to check fediverse before I commit to host my own instance, which I probably will at some point.
as a Greylag goose i flock to feddit.uk
Tried to join but looks like they don’t accept disposable emails unfortunately.
The domain name. And the community seemed friendly enough. Now with the Reddit exodus, I’m glad I migrated to a smaller instance.
The Admin of my instance (discuss.tchncs.de) is tolerant but understands the tolerance paradox. (Defderated with exploding heads but not every left instance - doesn’t fall for false balance.
Also he was fast with approving new accounts.
I got approved today 20 mins after verifying my email. It was a pleasant surprise
Initially I sign up for beehaw because it was the first one recommended on the sign up page. They defederated from some instances, so I made another account with lemmyworld. They had issues that made them incompatible with the app I was using (mobile user only), so I now have an account with lemme. Three accounts, I swap around based on which one is working best on that particular day.
Surprised I’m not seeing any other self-hosters in here. Having seen the de-federation drama, it’s nice to know that I can federate with anyone I want, regardless of if they are federating with eachother.
Obviously it comes with the administration side of things, but I really don’t mind.
Initially made an account with the instance opened after my country’s subreddit made the shift, but on Jerboa trying to look at other instance content was really rough.
So I joined here since I enjoy the content, and raise the black flag every so often.
The one I use doesn’t block other instances, although I probably will block the same instances and people that big instances already block, I want to be the one to make that choice and shape the content I see.
I saw a local instance for new Zealanders and joined.
Biggest German server and good community.
