Other servers are snappier than lemmy.ml
I tried to make an account on lemmy.ml and it looks like their servers are (understandably) overloaded
I ended up choosing lemmy.world instead
My understanding is I'm not missing out on anything by chosing a less-popular instance. Did I get that right?
yes!
lemmy.world in particular doesn't block any instances
see for comparison:
My work blocks lemmy.ml but not many other instances. Unfortunately all the heaviest memes are on lemmy.ml ! I just want to look at fun memes instead of my lame ass patients what’s wrong with that
I like lemmy.world, because anyone can create their own community.
Beehaw seems pretty dope
They actually defederated with lemmy.world due to spam, kindof sucks, as users will miss out on communities on lemmy.world, lots of which were not spam.
After reading the "we are full" notices and doing some research I was able to easily create an account on lemmy.ca increasing the represention for BC.
Solution: change servers
New lemmy.ca member checking in! This is pretty cool.
Screw your generic server URIs...
Iusearchlinux.fyi has a meme in its name!
I use lemmy.world. they have an associated mastodon as well.
Same here, except I have no interest in Mastodon.
The documentation explaining how fediverse works is so bad. It's so long and convoluted anyone new just can't be bothered reading it.
I recognize it's easier said than done obviously and I don't have a good solution to propose; but if there was a way to make the app UI more user friendly it might help the understandability of the fediverse and subsequently lower the barrier to entry. Unless someone can figure out how to make it more seemless of an experience, it's gonna be hard to get massive traction
I guess many newcomers just go the easy way
