Does it even make a difference? Would much appreciate some suggestions.

  • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
    31·
    14 hours ago

    Does it really matter where you go? It’s all federated together anyway, that’s the whole point, isn’t it?

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
      13·
      13 hours ago

      1. It’s not all federated together, Lemm.ee is more broadly federated than Lemmy.world, as an example. Lemm.ee can see Hexbear and Lemmygrad, you cannot, as a quick example. Federation and defederation policy dramatically impacts the experience.

      2. Many instances are specialized, like Lemmygrad with Marxism-Leninism, slrpnk.net with Solarpunk, mander.xyz with science, Hexbear as a left-unity instance, etc. Browsing locally is a fun experience for those into the instance subject.

      3. Some instances have only upvotes and no downvotes, some don’t show vote totals period, or have other front-facing features. Some offer emojis, like Hexbear.net.

      And more! All good reasons to put some thought in.

      • Mr_Stellar@lemm.eeOP
        1·
        7 hours ago

        Which would you say is the most neutral/ open to anything? Or I guess most federated?

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Lemmy.zip is a common broadly federated instance I think, but really, I’d suggest looking into instances aligned most with the type of content you like to see.

      • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 hours ago

        Wow, thank you! I didn’t know it was like that. I also didn’t know that what I was reading as nonsense slarpnik is “solaspunk” and I still have no idea what that is but I’ll google it. Never heard of Mander either, want to check out whether that’s useful to me. Thanks!

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
          1·
          6 hours ago

          No problem! Solarpunk is an aesthetic-based social movement surrounding solar energy and climate activism, in a short descriptor. You can see the instance to see what I mean.

          Here’s a tool to find instances. I recommend sorting by most active, and checking whichever looks interesting to you.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I’m thinking between Zip and db0… I can’t decide 😁

      I was too comfortable with lemme.ee (AKA less drama overall than your favorite Lemmy instance) but now I need to deal with this…

      Well, I knew from the beginning, that the fediverse works this way, if any we should be grateful we were given a good window to migrate (former fmhy user here lol), and honestly it makes sense, each instance can’t last forever… Not even big sites like Reddit will.

    • PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      24·
      2 days ago

      I also can vouch for sh.itjust.works. They have a fair defederation policy and has only gone down a couple times in the two years I’ve been using it. When it has the admin has been quick to address it and provides updates via a matrix chat.

      The one downside is that some more niche domains have degenerated defederated (thanks autocorrect) from us due to the open enrolment we have (beehaw comes directly to mind). I recall someone linking a website that tracked what servers are federated with each other but I can’t find it now unfortunately.

  • roadrunner_ex@lemmy.caEnglish
    35·
    2 days ago

    One thing you should do is grab your data for easy moving, you haven’t already.

    Assuming you’re using the default Lemmy web UI (not Voyager, or Photon, or a mobile app, or whatever), click on your username in the top right, and select “Settings”.

    On the settings page, there’s a section called “Import/Export Settings”. Click the “Export” button and let your browser download the file.

    Then, when you switch instances, you can go into the same Settings page on the new instance, select the file you downloaded, and hit “Import” and you will automatically be resubscribed to the communities you subscribed to.

    • Zenith@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 days ago

      Where would I find a way to know if an instance aligned with what I wanted or not? I’m supposed to personally find and explore a bunch of different ones?

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
        3·
        2 days ago

        There’s the “Join Lemmy” tool that shows a list of instances, you can click on them and see if they fit what you want.

    • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
      7·
      2 days ago

      oh, I assumed it was a community for Dragon Ball Z fans.

      Communities about Anarchism, Generative AI, Copylefts, Neurodivergence, Filesharing, and Free Software.

      This sounds like me. Well, apart from the generative AI thing. Let’s see what the dominant stance on it is first

  • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    If you have a favorite community, move to its instance - /All is showing what all the people on your instance are subscribed to so if you’re on an instance with people you like, c/All will probably have more things you like. Also /Local shows you local posts from your instance which is cool if you’re on a theme instance.

    A really small instance may have less /All content (but if you’re on any instance over 500 people it’s probably plenty)

    • Sincerely, a pawb.social user
  • cRazi_man@lemm.ee
    87·
    2 days ago

    This has really made me lose faith in a defederated system like this.

    @Anyone: please let me know if I’m wrong about these and if there’s a solution, but as far as I can see:

    • I can’t export my account (most importantly all the posts and comments I’ve saved).
    • It’s difficult to find where a server is based.
    • Some instances seem to be solo hobby projects. I don’t want to pick another instance that is at risk of being killed.
    • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      You’re being down voted, but I feel you. It’s why I picked one of the largest instances when I joined, despite what other Lemmings tend to tell people to do. Picking a small instance is a bad idea because they die out like that. I’ve seen several fairly significant smaller instances die out at this point. I don’t want to wake up and my account suddenly vanished one day because the host forgot about it.

  • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
    65·
    2 days ago

    The only difference is the administration of the instance (their activeness, beliefs and how they choose to moderate), what instances they federated or defederated with (like hexbear and lemmygrad), and what features they’ve chosen to implement or not (like downvotes). For casual use, it probably doesn’t make a difference.

    I’m just now realizing my primary account is here on .ee as well. I have one with lemmy.one and midwest.social but I’ll probably make a new one somewhere else like dbzero unless they’re still federated with hexbear since .one doesn’t use downvotes and I have constant connection issues with midwest.social.

    • Mr_Stellar@lemm.eeOP
      6·
      2 days ago

      I was under the impression that any server will have access to any instance? Is that not the case? Do some of them limit ? I would we looking for the one that limits nothing

      • lily33@lemm.ee
        9·
        2 days ago

        A server can decide what servers it’s connected to. It can have a blacklist of blocked instances - or even go further and have a whitelist of allowed instances, blocking all else.

        Such a feature is necessary to deal with issues like spam instances, or instances that host illegal content.

        One of the things I like a lot about lemme.ee is that they have blocked very few instances.

      • BossDj@lemm.ee
        612·
        2 days ago

        Many block only hexbear and lemmygrad because they are just propaganda machines. Mostly they were left unblocked until their users started to invade other instances to spread their blatant propaganda.

        I think if it like an ad block. On lemm.ee, I blocked them both on my own anyway because I found them obnoxious.

        If you go to the main page website of an instance and scroll all the way to the bottom, there should be an “instances” button that will tell you which instances are federated and which are blocked. I figure the default page is like lemme.ee/instances or sopuli.xyz/instances for example.

        edit: I’ve upset the .ml Also, you’ll see most have chapo.chat is also on the blocked list because it is Hexbear when Hexbear lost their server or something

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
          17·
          2 days ago

          That’s not what happened, actually. Hexbear, for example, wasn’t federated with anyone for years until it started federating, and servers like Lemmy.world defederated before being federated. Lemmygrad.ml is fairly broadly federated, but gives the illusion of being widely defederated because Lemmy.world also defederated from them, as Lemmy.world admins are anti-Marxist (just read the reasons they gave for defederation).

          They aren’t any more or less propaganda than other instances, they are different in alignment, ie Hex is Anarchist/Marxist (general) and Lemmygrad is Marxist-Leninist.

        • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
          141·
          2 days ago

          Mostly they were left unblocked until their users started to invade other instances to spread their blatant propaganda.

          isn’t the entire point of a federated platform that you’re going to be able to access other instances?

          istg people hit the block button like they’re mashing the independent thought alarm

  • H Ramus@lemm.ee
    59·
    2 days ago

    Tried registering with lemmy.ml but it seemed the weight and burden of my user was too much to deal with. Registration denied with no justification so it seems this instance is not welcoming new users.

    Successfully registered with Lemmy.zip instead and they seem welcoming of Lemm.ee refugees.

    • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
      261·
      2 days ago

      Tried registering with lemmy.ml but it seemed the weight and burden of my user was too much to deal with. Registration denied with no justification so it seems this instance is not welcoming new users.

      Justification was given: you have to actually answer the sign-up questions.

      • H Ramus@lemm.ee
        45·
        2 days ago

        Thank you for confirming. As a new instance applicant, no information was provided on the rejection reason and was left with uncertainty.

        Apologies for not fulfilling the requests. From my perspective, I’m on lemmy to avoid a corporate environment. However, the requests seemed a bit too corporate, akin to a cover letter to a job application (why I’d like to join the instance and which communities I’ll participate in). Also don’t feel like sharing personal information about my username.

        If the intention is to weed out problem users there’s a way of checking a user’s post and comment’s history.

        None of this matters, you’re free to accept and deny at will and I simply fedback my experience.

          • H Ramus@lemm.eeEnglish
            11·
            2 days ago

            I signed up on the browser. The error message I see is below which is scarce on details. ¯\(ツ)/¯

            And thanks for taking time to reply, appreciate it.

            • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
              271·
              2 days ago

              Interesting! This may be a regression bug.

              Edit to add: I just tested it myself, and can confirm that the problem exists in the 0.19.12-beta version that lemmy.ml is currently running. Thanks for your help.

              • H Ramus@lemm.ee
                7·
                2 days ago

                Happy to have contributed with some value out of my application and exchanges!