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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by kratoz29@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Following the spirit of spreading across the Fediverse (and because my main instance is down so many times, because diverse reasons) I'm intrigued about the joining instance process, because I honestly don't know what criteria to have in order to join another one if I ever want to do it.

That made me curious of how you decided to join?

I firstly join to lemmy.fmhy.ml thanks to Spez and a Reddit post from FMHY subreddit, then the tragedy occurred, then I joined to lemmy.world which is/was my main one because I pictured it like a good home, then lemmy.fmhy.net revived and I am with them too, but seems like they are in a bit of trouble with the server, finally now I am in lemm.ee, but only because I just wanted another backup, not because I searched for it especially (also it was mentioned in a comment about smaller instances and one user from here throw a joke to not join here because it sucks so that way the server would be more stable, so yeah, I joined).

To be clear I am not in search for yet another instance (that sounds like a good instance name to be fair), I just want to know how the deciding process is for you, is it just random? Is it because of personal tastes?

I couldn't care less about NSFW stuff, I don't search for it specifically, but my day won't be ruined if I see a tit.

I like gaming, tech, Linux, SBC gaming, emulation, macOS, Android stuff etc (yeah how original) should I look for an instance dedicated to that if I ever want to join yet another one? Because I see topics like this in almost any instance.

I read you lemmings!

EDIT: BTW the migration process has been easier for me thanks to LASIM, so I wouldn't be scared if I ever want/have to migrate again.

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[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I started on fmhy.ml because I like tech stuff and a piracy instance seemed like a good place to find that sort of thing. It was dead on there though. Posts would have like 6 upvotes and 0-2 comments. Then it just disappeared.

After that I joined the largest instance to get more interaction and uptime... only for DDOS attacks to make lemmy.world have a bunch of downtime. Oh well. Not moving again if I don't have to. I like lemmy.world

[-] abc@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

There is only one true instance: Chapo.chat and if I notice you are commenting from a different instance, you are immediately relegated to SECOND CLASS CITIZENRY in my mind. el-chapo

I was on lemmy.ml at the start of the blackout, but it kept crashing, then went to shit just works because they seemed pretty loose and I didn't want my feed censored like a lot of other instances were on about.

[-] bbmb@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I just started using kbin.social after not really feeling satisfied with Mastodon personally, wanting something more topical like Lemmy, but I still wanted some Mastodon compatibility due to most of my mutuals on the Fediverse using Mastodon. Landed myself here, so far so good!

[-] xaon_rider92 2 points 1 year ago

I joined lemmy.world initially because it seemed like the main general instance. But with the recent frequent downtimes, I made an alt on monyet.cc because it's regionally closer to me. I use both fairly equally nowadays.

[-] NullaFacies@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago
[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

admin is nice. felt cozy when i first loaded it up
btw I've got a (free) domain: beeg.pp.ua and an old craptop, so I'm thinking about self-hosting my instance

[-] Razp@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
  • EU based.
  • Neutral stance on political alignment.
  • The "no bigotry" rule, that applies to everyone, not selectively.
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[-] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Started out on lemmy.world because it was what I had heard of. Quickly switched to kbin.social for the better UI.

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[-] daredevil@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I liked the name #kbin more than #lemmy, and the integration of #microblogging is a feature I appreciate. IME, lemmy also tends to attract more memes and shitposts, which generally turn me off.

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[-] guywithoutaname@geddit.social 2 points 1 year ago

I joined my instance because it's smaller. As a result everything seems a lot more responsive.

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[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

I started on kbin because it's an easy to remember name/address and I liked the ui, but not great on mobile so I had to join another when I downloaded jerboa. Chose lemmy.zip because I too am tech focused and the name is also easy to remember. I am also on beehaw because the community seemed cool and again its easy to remember url, but didn't even realize it was part of the same system when I joined, lol.

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