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I don't really know whats going on the whole instance thing confuses me. Whats it's pros? Why use it
Basically 4 things:
Pick your own admin. I'm sure the kbin admin is awesome (can't be worse than spez, lol) but it's nice to have the option
Have more control over what your server federates with. Hate interacting with people from a specific server? Move to one that does. Want to interact with people from a blocked instance? Move to one that doesn't block them. Basically more options.
Don't like the rules on your server? Go to one where you like the rules better.
Your server is down? That's fine, go to a different one temporarily. You're gonna feel this hard on Monday. Kbin's gonna get crushed by the Reddit hug of death. You might wanna join up to a small Lemmy instance that the horde won't notice if that happens and you still wanna be on.
If you like kbin's admin, federation settings and rules? Then cool! You're missing absolutely nothing from being there (except when it's down). It's nice to have options though.
Wow I didn't realize that each instance has different owners and rules and such I'll definitely have to do some poking. Kbin was just what I happened to come across first
You can even set up your own private instance for just you and your friends! Itβs not super easy, but itβs also not as hard as you might think. And then you get to be the super-admin who sets the rules
This. Being able to move to a different instance if your main one is down and being able to host your own are very much pros to this.
if you don't like a certain instance, like if you don't agree with the rules or how the admins handle things, you can go to another. people can create instances for like minded individuals, so instead of being pushed away from the platform entirely they can just find another instance.