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What are your criteria for choosing an instance other than Lemmy.world? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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Hello everyone,

Based on the recent instability of Lemmy.world, a lot of people have been wondering whether they should move to another instance.

I used to look at https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list and recommend people to pick a generalist instance with as much users as possible (using the 1m column), usually

  • lemm.ee
  • sh.itjust.works
  • sopuli.xyz
  • lemmy.one
  • reddthat.com
  • etc.

Of course, there are also the regional options

  • feddit.de
  • lemmy.ca
  • aussie.zone
  • feddit.nl
  • feddit.uk
  • midwest.social
  • etc.

And of course, the thematic instances

  • programming.dev
  • lemmy.blahaj.zone
  • discuss.tchncs.de
  • lemmy.dbzer0.com
  • etc.

I used to recommend the most populated instances, as we know that All depends on users subscribed from the instance.

However, now with the introduction of the Lemmy Community Seeder (https://github.com/Fmstrat/lcs), which

tells your instance to pull the top communities and the communities with the top posts from your favorite instances

do you think this should still apply? I have seen promising instances (high uptime, already on 18.4 that was released today)

  • discuss.online
  • lemmy.ninja
  • unilem.org
  • etc.

Would you recommend users to join those as well, assuming that the admins use the LCS to populate the All feed? Most of us remember the Vlemmy.net disappearance, and it's difficult to tell users to join small instances based on good faith, but at the same time, every instance needs to start somewhere, and they should be given a chance.

What do you think?

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[–] dualtex@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

definitely worth taking a look at different instances stance on defederation. after the whole ordeal with lemmy.world defederating with hexbear prematurely its worth taking the time to find an instance that aligns with your ideals and won't remove communities you may find valuable. I personally dont align with hexbear's politics but I think that its important to have an open federation policy.

[–] Reborn2966@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

how do i know if my instance is using the Lemmy Community Seeder?

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Probably ask your admin in the meta community

[–] matthew@lemmy.woodward.tech 3 points 2 years ago

I've just got one criteria: I host 😀

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

General-purpose Lemmy instance. New users and communities welcome! Has upvoting and downvoting. Also, federated with most instances.

[–] brunox@feddit.cl 3 points 2 years ago

i went regional for a friendly region in my main language. It has a comunity for pudus which gives it extra points tbh. !pudu@feddit.cl if interested.

[–] mazinger@mujico.org 2 points 2 years ago

No power tripping mods.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stability – So, uptime and rate at which it updates with Lemmy.

Moderation – One or two good Admins at least to keep things running smoothly and communicate with us Lemmings effectively, and have a decent ruleset.

Federation – Wide enough that I can get the content I'm looking for whilst (likely) not dealing with nutjobs.

The rest is all good, the federated nature of everything means I don't really need to be where the communities I use the most are.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Seems like a nice list

[–] xaon_rider92@monyet.cc 2 points 2 years ago

I usually use my lemmy.world account, but with the recent downtimes there, I've been using my alt account more. I choose this one because it's somewhat local to me, and it's nice to be able to see more somewhat local news and info.

[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Kbin is superior

[–] skookumasfrig@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Seriously, what's the difference? If you are accessing and contributing to the same data pool, what's the difference besides the UI?

I haven't used kbin, so I haven't seen the difference yet.

[–] kspatlas@artemis.camp 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

kbin is a lot more than just "a different lemmy interface", it also has an entire microblogs like system that allows you to make mastodon-like posts, and the reputation system is different (upvotes and downvotes don't affect how high up a post is shown, boosts are a kbin feature that does affect reputation, and also shows it to anyone who follows you)

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[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

we have access to mastodon feeds, as well. we can also block entire instances. the default site works very, very well as a PWA, the base interface has more settings options.

[–] skookumasfrig@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks!

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[–] jochem@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Did not know about that seeder. Super useful tool! Thanks for sharing.

[–] Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I went with dbzer0 for two main reasons - pirates have a long history of maintaining server infrastructure, and joining a smaller instance fights centralization.

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