Looking to make a change i think.

    • LedgeDrop@lemm.ee
      11·
      1 month ago

      I’d definitely add a +1 to lemm.ee

      The admin is open and honest, he’s got a clear set of goals, which is to make lemmy accessible - nothing more, nothing less.

      Lemm.ee doesn’t participate in the whole “federate vs non-federate” drama or crippling features (ie: removing downvotes) because it goes against their ethos/mantra.

      There are instances that lemm.ee defederates from, but they are usually due to extreme vore, cp, or other content that could expose lemm.ee to some legal problems.

    • abbadon420@lemm.ee
      8·
      1 month ago

      “Enjoyed” is a big word. I haven’t had a single bad experience with this instance since I joined Lemmy.

    • Sabre363@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      141·
      1 month ago

      I second this. Variety of communities, not generally a creepy or racist shithole, mostly neutral politics and moderation, shit just works

    • hakase@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      The main alt I use for the family TV is on SJW. Federated with basically all of the other mainstream instances but no porn.

    • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      1 month ago

      Also, consider going past the first page on FediDB and picking a smaller instance. I’m not knocking the big instances (I volunteer my time to two of the biggest, after all). It’s just that the whole point of this Fediverse experiment is for things to be distributed. Going by the numbers on FediDB, fully half of all monthly active Lemmy users are concentrated on the three largest instances.

      • Serinus@lemmy.world
        51·
        1 month ago

        the whole point of this Fediverse experiment is for things to be distributed

        I strongly disagree with this. This point is that it CAN be distributed, not that it needs to be.

        That’s like saying the whole point of making divorce legal is so that everybody gets divorced. It’s the option that’s the important bit.

        • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works
          11·
          1 month ago

          But if the fediverse isn’t actually distributed, then you don’t actually have the option, right? If 80% of activity is on one server, then that server effectively controls the fediverse, and if you have a problem with their admins or moderators, you don’t have a viable alternative.

          If it’s not actually distributed, the fact that it theoretically could be doesn’t really matter. And this isn’t even mentioning the possibility of a centralized server having technical or legal issues.

          The divorce analogy is not a good one because that’s an individual decision, whereas migrating servers and communities is not something that one individual person can just suddenly choose to do. It requires time, effort, and collective action, so it’s better to be pre-emptively distributed to eliminate that vulnerability in the first place.

          • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            1 month ago

            If 80% of activity is on one server, then that server effectively controls the fediverse,

            Is that still true with easy export? It sounds like that server effectively controls the fediverse until it doesn’t.

            • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              1 month ago

              What do you mean by easy export? I haven’t been keeping up with recent Lemmy updates because SJW is still running 0.19.5.

              But if that’s some way to transfer your account to another server, that helps a little bit, but the more difficult thing is to migrate the communities to a new server. AFAIK you would have to start the communities from scratch with 0 posts and 0 subscribers, and that takes a long time to build back up.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      yeah, lemmy.world is a good starter server

      I agree with you, I ditched it when they started blocking the piracy communities though… I am unsure if they undo that movement as of now…

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      9·
      1 month ago

      I’d choose one at least somewhat near yourself. It’ll improve latency, and it’s your window to the world, so you’ll always feel that latency when browsing.

      There’s probably some webpage out there that will measure load times, if you don’t have tools yourself.

      https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/ or https://mbin.fediverse.observer/ will geolocate your IP and try to show a list of geographically-nearby instances; not quite the same thing as network latency, but correlated.

  • DosDude👾@retrolemmy.com
    7·
    1 month ago

    Most instances to be honest. Just make note of the blocked instances and see if they don’t block anything you wish to see.

    Unless you want local to be diverse, that is.

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtf
    62·
    1 month ago

    What’s wrong with lemmy.world though? It’s the biggest general server and will probably outlast most others.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      1 month ago

      Why? You can block instances from the user side, why bother if the main instance is federated with them?

      • Serinus@lemmy.world
        41·
        1 month ago

        It’s weird to be in a comment chain where you’re not seeing the replies that other people are seeing.

  • MrShankles@reddthat.com
    2·
    1 month ago

    I like ‘Reddthat’; it’s smaller size makes it feel cozy and responsive to their community. I have accounts on multiple instances, but reddthat is what I’m using 95% of the time

  • Mickey7@lemmy.world
    33·
    1 month ago

    Lemmy Shit Post is the best for just a laugh and with little political nonsense