I have no way to prove this story since I burned my reddit account, but I might as well share: when I was checking out lemmy for the first time I got both a beehaw and a lemmy.ml account(both were a pain to wet up) and both had serious reliability issues(this was right after the API announcement). I was looking on reddit to try and find more info about other instances then I found a comment chain with a couple of guys, one said he had a server, the other said he had the domain itjust.works and was looking for a subdomain. I though about it for a moment, and in a moment of sheer smartassery I suggested sh.itjust.works. not long after I saw in the comment chain that they went with my suggestion and put the server up lmao. At that point I knew they were chill, so I made an account on here as soon as I saw that it had gone up, and it's been rock solid ever since.
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I’ll chime in as a newly minted mod…. Well implemented enterprise infrastructure supported by a team of experienced infrastructure guys, mods, techies, etc.
It handles all the loads.
It handles all the loads.
I had an ex like that. It's less impressive when it's unexpected
Comments like this make me feel right at home.
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Agreed. This server is just great quality. Makes me happy to be here. That + the name = magic.
It has a funny name of course!
This was my main deciding factor.
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Lemmy.ml bans you for criticizing the ccp and personally don't like beehaw because admins decided to make subs and run them.
I basically joined because of the domainname. No waiting list was a plus. Finding out that the admins are nice and the infrastructure is top notch made me stay.
Been here since almost the first day the server opened up: what makes this place different is our ruleset, admin and users.
Ruleset: Very simple and basic. @TheDude doesn't want to over-moderate, as far as I can tell. No need to tone-police or clamp down on what people can/can't say, as long as it's respectful. I really like that approach.
The admin: From his posts and the sheer rock-solid stability of this server and laid-back attitude, the dude abides. I know I'm not the only one who joined because of this post. Networking experts, server admins, devops guys, if they're anything like me, they look at that and think "Yup, this is where I wanna be".
Users: Early days yet, but so far the people here have been very laid-back, very nice, and helpful. Been trying to get all the newbies situated myself whenever I spot questions I can answer :) I'm hoping we can maintain this culture going forward.
As a dev, I joined a day before that post with much less criterion, then saw that post and felt very satisfied as you say. And they haven't let me down with the consistent updates and a very well oiled system that has handled massive growth with minimal side effects.
funny domain, good structure, small, non-controversial and apolitical
Easy to remember url, haven’t had a single issue with acces or content. Not Canadian but I appreciate the general vibe of the people from the country that I’ve interacted and worked with. Great experience so far!
I liked the domain. It makes me smile.
I'm not a user on this instance, but from what I can tell, shit just kinda works over here.
I recently switched from lemmy.ml to here. It just seems to be snappy and always up when I use the site. Lemmy.ml, on the other hand, is down frequently due to the high traffic and otherwise slow to load for me.
This instance does what it says on the tin. Shit just works over here.
So far the atmosphere here seems far more cooperative and optimistic... like a certain other place circa 2008.
I'm liking it, it's a breath of fresh air and I'd forgotten that smell.
@TheDude@sh.itjust.works - Keep commercial interests / astroturfing etc. off this place like our lives depend on it!
Well, as a french speaking person that is the only EN/FR server i found :)
I joined because of the domain name and TheDude’s comments and straight forward explanations for things going on.
It’s also what I tell people about my homelab. “I don’t know what’s going on or how, but shit just works.”
This is the first instance that immediately accepted me when I tried to register. I tried other auto accept instances but my applications literally wouldn’t get through and I’d be stuck on the application page. Anyway, so far I find this site really neat and the loading speed is the best I’ve tried. Thank you for setting up this instance, admins. Hope the Fediverse grows.
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You can’t tell me what to do!
I just like the name lol. I'm from the USA.
As a Skyrim fanatic I've got a Pavlovian attraction to any joke on the theme of "It just works." Then, as a PC tinkerer, reading this confirmed that this instance is probably a good fit. Happy with the vibe so far!
The description said english AND french so I hoped to discuss some french shit but as far as I can tell there is no french discussion, for now.
Edit : J'ai créé ça pour ceux que ça intéresse : https://sh.itjust.works/c/francophone. On verra si ça décolle mais mon but ne sera pas de le modder à terme.
It's that TheDude abides, man.
Lemmy.ml and other popular instances wouldn't let me sign up. The button kept spinning and spinning. I tried for hours to get in those instances, got frustrated and was about to give up on this whole lemmy thing. Then i tried with this instance within a second of hitting sign up button i was in. No weird indefinite spinning animation.
It's because too many people are going to those instances and overloading them.
Hey those are the reasons I signed up. It's less canada-centric than lemmy.ca. Beeshaw and lemmy.ml are at high capacity rn, it's important to spread new users over multiple servers so welcome!
I'm on a different instance, but I figured I would just say hello to a fellow Minnesotan!
Started out on lemmy.world, but the server was slow and laggy. When I saw a comment by someone from sh.itjust.works, I knew I had to pack my bags and move here. No regrets.
I like Canada even if I'm not from it. Plus it seems like a nice quiet place to call a Lemmy home and figure this whole thing out without being overwhelmed. Like, peer into the All and go "whoa man" then just hit Local and chill for a bit.
I've been using this instance for the last few days, and (sh)it just works without hassle!
It has the right ratio of tankies to downvote buttons
Great domain, site is responsive (after I tried couple others)
My past lemmy instance block downvoting and start filling their instances with stuff that are banned in my country. Also I didn't realise that instance blocks downvoting, which actually a feature that I prefer to have.
I signed up here because of the clean energy thing and because the rules seemed chill enough
I'm in Michigan so it's close nuff, the green energy thing is baller, and most importantly shit just works.
The name was funny and it sounds like the admin has the site running on a decently sized server. Also I saw that someone had created /c/LocalLlama, which is a machine learning sub I used to frequent back on reddit.
After 30 minutes of floundering about, I think I'm finally starting to get how lemmy works. I really hope this takes off so here I am contributing to the noise :D
The more the merrier. Content production and interaction makes a community grow and thrive! Welcome, and best wishes
Also a Reddit refuge. Just deleted a 6 year old account and all its content. It was a bit bittersweet but alas, it was time to move on with all that's happened. Also applied to Beehaw and Lemmy.ml but can imagine it might be a bit swamped as didn't hear back, so here I am. Glad to be here.
The clean energy was the deciding factor for me, since virtually everything's accessible from any instance. There were some bumps around some communities not being found - I assume from rapid growth caused by the reddit exodus - but things are working smoothly now.