Does it even make a difference? Would much appreciate some suggestions.
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
I subscribe to a managed hosting for Lemmy.
I have no idea what that means
Sh.itjust.works and lemmy.zip, not sure if shitjustworks is general purpose actually
But yeah I signed up for multiple before so id have aged accounts in case my main one went away
sdf.org instance is awesome.
Y’all have a Gemini page too right?
you can join lemdro.id if you want
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.
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
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.
No greater sin than being right too early
Counter-hegemonic ideas are “propaganda”; hegemonic ideas are just “common sense”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony
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
isn’t the entire point of a federated platform that you’re going to be able to access other instances?
Yes, but the point isn’t to connect to every instance.
Curated instances and smaller networks within the fediverse were always thought of.
Yeah, but it’s weird to be complaining about people using /all and finding content, calling it “invading”
It does appear that way, and there are some cases of it happening, but doesn’t servers blocking hexbear solve the problem of people complaining about it, for people on hexbear?
I mean this was a .ee user complaining about seeing people they’re federated with, I’m sure they will be more happy in one of the more liberal echo chamber instances
Every web forum is a propaganda machine, the whole point of a web forum is to convey ideas and information.
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.
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.
I chose lemmy.zip because it has similar fed/defed policies as lemm.ee.
unless they’re still federated with hexbear
coward
hexbear.net, lemmy.ml, lemmygrad.ml, easily the best instances.
Even if you truly believe that, just saying that without talking about those instances’ reputation seems… unhelpful, at best. You’re telling someone to join hexbear without telling them how many instances have defederated from it.
The reputation is only positive in my view.
Yes, of course you people like it but the rest of us for sure aren’t switching to worse instances.
Marxists tend to like all 3 of those instances, those who don’t like Marxists tend to hate them. As a Marxist, they are by no means “worse instances,” I much prefer them.
What kind of people am I?
You know…
No, please, go ahead.
A marxist-leninist
People are recommending all sorts of instances without telling them how many instances have de-federated from them and if they’re federated with hexbear etc.
You only focus that criticism on this suggestion because you are obviously one of the people who don’t like hexbear and want to frame your critique of the suggestion as more reasonable/less biased.
What exactly is the “reputation” hexbear has anyway? Being based?
Those three instances are a lot more controversial than most, and I’m not gonna argue with you if you’re gonna pretend to not know that.
“My specific bias alone is justified in a way that conveniently doesn’t even bear explaining.”
“Controversial” in that Marxists tend to support them, and those opposed to Marxism don’t. It’s as simple as that, really.
Controversial amongst whom and for what reasons?
Without providing that context your critique is “…unhelpful at best”
Controversial in the view of liberals and conservatives.
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Recommended the 3 worst ones
I disagree, the users on all three have been nothing but supportive and wonderful to me.
/s
Nah, I agree. Hexbear is probably my favorite out of the 3, but all are good instances.
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.
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.
no information was provided on the rejection reason
Information has been provided since 2022, though you perhaps didn’t notice it or are using a Lemmy client that doesn’t display it: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2191
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.
Interesting! This may be a regression bug.
Happy to have contributed with some value out of my application and exchanges!
Signing up on .ml is signing up for censorship
By censorship do you mean curated content? I’ve my own filters that I apply and have no concerns with instances having their own criteria. There are also legal boundaries such minimum age criteria, content type, etc…
Nah just words. Can’t call something bitchin’ on ml. The stuff you talk about is reasonable to not allow!
I see. Not aware on what happens on each instance. I guess their house their rules. Always another instance to join or can create your own.
ok boomer
If you have a favorite community you might take a look at the instance they’re hosted out of.
Beyond that, my general advice is to sort Lemmy instances by number of active users, then pick one that’s somewhere between the 10th and 20th largest.
Lemmy.world, lemmy.ca?
Don’t want more people/load on world, and they may not be Canadian/want an instance that defederated from lots of instances?
The Voyager app now defaults to lemmy.zip. I really like sh.itjust.works fwiw.
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.
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 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.
Oh no! Not beehaw!
I recall someone linking a website that tracked what servers are federated with each other but I can’t find it now unfortunately.
i think you might be referring to Fediseer?
I went here after i read .ee is shutting down , most of the stuff i followed back there i can follow from here
We welcome you to the fold! I tried a few instances when I joined a couple years back but basically never use my alts because SJW ‘just works’ :) I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!
Thanks a ton , i liked .ee culture , hope to have some of the same weirdness here too
I’m really out of the loop. Why is lemm.ee shutting down? I thought it was one of the more sizeable instances.
Admin team was too small and they couldnt find a replacements for people that were leaving , its a ungrateful job i guess ?
Is beehaw still around? I had no idea. I thought they defederated from everyone then I assumed they died out.
They only block lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works, and a few small servers.
Its honestly a really pleasant place to be – I see no negativity there.
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.
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.
The lack of account mobility is really a huge problem with the fediverse, you lose all your stuff if you move to another instance.
For me, decentralization is a kind that exists on a spectrum.
In the Fediverse, there has been decentralization in many ways, and I understand that it’s the way it is—no single Fediverse instance or server holds greater power or authority over the others.
However, some servers may be more popular than others because they have been actively promoted or because many friends are using them.
For me, I subscribed to managed hosting services and they are paid to host a Lemmy server. Yes, I also paid for a DNS domain name, which costs around $2 for the first year and $20 for the following year.
This way, I can define my server rules, decide which servers to federate with, and choose whether to close the server or not. It’s up to us, unless we are committed to maintaining a large server with a huge user base and are willing to deal with the challenges of moderation.
What I like about the Fediverse is that there are so many free and open-source software options like Lemmy, Mastodon, Mitra, and GotoSocial. I believe that these source codes are free to audit. Therefore, for me, this software feels more like my own than some other software that belongs to someone popular or wealthy.
And regarding your data that you want to recover, maybe you can try to email the server support team to retrieve your data and see if they can provide instructions on how to do so.
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Your saved posts and comments are included in your exported settings along with your subscriptions. I was happy to discover that when I did it yesterday.
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Most instances say where they are based in their instance description. If not, you can do a whois lookup to see the general area they are in. Another option is asking in the meta community of the instance.
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Similar to the second point above, most instance owners are transparent with their infrastructure and the ones who are running small servers as hobby projects usually put it as a disclaimer.
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Lemmy.world is the largest instance, for what it’s worth.
This is a good reason to choose another instance imo. It’s best that we not have all our eggs in one basket, so to speak.
It’s smart, Lots of people joined Lemm.ee and now 5500 active users need to find a new instance or stop using lemmy (some certainly will just leave)
europe.pub
In the same boat, though I’ve been here for almost 2 years lol
