Does it actually matter?

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    Lemmy.world because lemmy.ML recommended it when I tried to sign up there. I’m considering moving to a smaller server though since this one seems to be getting overloaded.

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      Yea, for whatever reason, lemmy.world became the sort of de facto “main” instance, which isn’t a bad thing and lemmy.world isn’t a bad choice at all, ruud AFAICT is a dedicated and experienced fediverse admin.

      There may be issues to centralising the user load too much. I don’t have the technical knowledge to back this up, but it probably makes sense that there is such a thing as too much for one server to handle. If it has to handle all of the user requests as well has syncing all of the large and popular communities that a “main” instance is likely to host, then it’s just a lot and probably requires technical solutions and investment beyond what one admin/team is willing or capable of doing. Plus, lemmy the software may not be designed for that sort of load, which probably requires a distinct architecture from that of a smaller instance.

      So it probably, at point at least, makes sense to spread the load of both the users and the communities. However, it seems that redditors as accustomed to a “central” and singular service as they are have kind of opted in to re-creating a central “main” instance like they’re used to. It may very well be a bad habit, as it presumes that there’s just some giant server and a dedicated tech team sitting there waiting to scale up at a moment’s notice. Of course, lemmy.world are free to halt sign ups and encourage users to pick other instances. But it remains to be seen how lemmy, its software and the fediverse/threadiverse in general handles communities/groups/magazines at this new scale.

      In the mean time, intentionally spreading the load might help. As would donating to the developers and your admin!!

    • BlueDepth9279@lemmy.world
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      Yeah I’ve noticed some issues lately with lemmy.world. I assume it has to do the quick growth from the great Reddit migration.

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        lemmy.world has literally doubled its number of active users in the past few days, so yeah it’s a pretty safe bet.

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    Lemmy.ml and lemmygrad as well as tech.de (or something similar) I might host myself sometime later. I was on mastodont a while before , went back and tired of proprietary again. This time I am thoroughly fed up and will stay.

    For me federation is good. I see the problem with filterbubbles but I’m to old for this shit. I rather be in my bubble.

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    Lemmy.ml and lemmygrad as well as tech.de (or something similar) I might host myself sometime later. I was on mastodont a while before , went back and tired of proprietary again. This time I am thoroughly fed up and will stay.

    For me federation is good. I see the problem with filterbubbles but I’m to old for this shit. I rather be in my bubble.

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    Lemmy.ml and lemmygrad as well as tech.de (or something similar) I might host myself sometime later. I was on mastodont a while before , went back and tired of proprietary again. This time I am thoroughly fed up and will stay.

    For me federation is good. I see the problem with filterbubbles but I’m to old for this shit. I rather be in my bubble.

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    Lemmy.ml and lemmygrad as well as tech.de (or something similar) I might host myself sometime later. I was on mastodont a while before , went back and tired of proprietary again. This time I am thoroughly fed up and will stay.

    For me federation is good. I see the problem with filterbubbles but I’m to old for this shit. I rather be in my bubble.

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    Lemmy.ml and lemmygrad as well as tech.de (or something similar) I might host myself sometime later. I was on mastodont a while before , went back and tired of proprietary again. This time I am thoroughly fed up and will stay.

    For me federation is good. I see the problem with filterbubbles but I’m to old for this shit. I rather be in my bubble.

  • Ibis@lemmy.sdf.org
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    I’m on lemmy.sdf.org because it’s widely federated and run by a trustworthy organization.

    I’m not much of a tech bro - in fact I struggle with troubleshooting basic Linux issues. That’s why I mostly interact outside of my local instance.

    I hardly engage with the techy discussion on SDF, but I appreciate the high quality user base.

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      I’m also on SDF. They’ve been in the business of offering free computing resources to the public since the 80s. So I feel confident that they won’t close up shop due to lack of expertise or resources.

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        I was going to come in here and praise SDF but I see I’m too late

        Damn you Dark Souls Remastered for taking me away from Lemmy for a bit!

        I guess I’ll link the FAQ for SDF here for anyone interested in learning more

        and also mention that SDF runs a Mastodon and Pixelfed instance for all your federation needs

  • Altair@vlemmy.net
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    All that matters is you shouldn’t recommend the already massive overloaded servers like lemmy.world when lemmy isn’t even optimized for this sort of traffic on a single server yet, and those large servers are having issues because of it. The entire point of decentralization is to spread out and still be connected.

    Recommend smaller general servers that have been up for years and also upgraded for the surge of users, like lemmy.one, lemm.ee, or vlemmy.net

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      Did you know that .ee is the Estonian tld? Estonia in Estonian is Eesti. Sunaurus is from Estonia and runs the c/Eesti community. The Estonian language is one of the few living relatives of the Finnish language (a member of the Finnic language family).

    • TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee
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      Yes. I realy enjoyed this instance so far. I joined during the black out protest and first looked at lemmy.me, but they said they had performance issues and didn’t realy want any new sign ups. Just scrolled for a bit and stumbled upon lemm.ee, with a beautiful welcome message and another massage how he upgraded the servers. Just new this was the way to go. Such a nice owner, who actually cares how our experience on this platform is.

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    There is several of factors you should consider:

    • Does it have a healthy amount of users: between 1k-10k users are probably the sweet spot right now. You don’t want too many users because it will cause performance problems. And instances with too few users has too many unknowns.

    • read the rules see if you agree: servers can have wildy different rules ranging from no NSFW to no downvotes. If they don’t have any rules that is a red flag too. You want an active moderation so the instance doesn’t get run over by bots.

    • Does it look low effort: check the banner, how the announcement formatted.

    That is probably all the basics

  • trifictional@lemmy.world
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    Went Lemmy.world because I had no idea how any of this worked.

    Gonna stick with it for now, because there isn’t really a reason to switch. In the future I might switch or host my own.

  • geno@lemmy.world
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    1. Googled “Lemmy” to see what it even is
    2. “wtf is an instance”
    3. Checked some of the most used instances. At this point I wasn’t sure if it matters much, but I just figured it’s best to just pick a popular instance.
    4. found lemmy.world, and the description goes “The World’s Internet Frontpage - Lemmy.world is a general-purpose Lemmy instance of various topics, for the entire world to use.”
    5. “sounds good enough”, created account
  • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca
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    I’m in Canada, so I’m using and supporting Lemmy.ca

    One of the points of using a distributed system is to not centralize the userbase.

    I also have a account on lemmynsfw but that’s just for research purposes.

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    I picked sh.itjust.works because it’s Canadian and the domain name is nerdy enough. It seems to be a decent instance, although I’ll move if I stop liking it.

    Does it matter? With all of the defederation drama, I think it does. If your instance is quick to drop others, it seems like you’ll lose content.

    AFAIU we’re still federated with some of the douchier instances and I appreciate seeing their memes and posts. Not because they’re entertaining, but because it’s easier to understand the asshats. When they creep into racism/phobias/hate I’ll be fine seeing them go.

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      I also chose it for the renewable energy server.

      And it’s fun to 🛑 conversations that devolved into American politics BS, and remind users this is a Canadian instance.

      Maybe voting takes a while, but I view it as the Japanese government in Shin Godzilla.

      Doing things the right way takes longer and can be painful sure…but marathon vs sprint.

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      I didn’t realise that one was Canadian as well. It did love the name as it vibes with my exact feelings as I’ve explored lemmy instances and this whole concept. Endd up at lemmy.ca as that .ca domain just sold it for me

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        I feel like Canadian instances are just a polite veneer on US communities. Like, 99% of the posts are from US communities/instances anyway, so it doesn’t make a big difference. 🤷