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Not seeing anyone mentioning lemmy.one and I'm starting to think I made a bad choice.
Fellow .one resident here. Love it.
Because it's a furry instance
Feddit.uk - I figure regionality has benefit in keeping loads more spread, plus it hosts some good communities and a cute name.
Was initially on lemmy.zip because it seemed really chill and that was such a cool instance name. I had no problems with it whatsoever but I realised it didn't block out certain instances that I disliked (aka lemmygrad). Now I'm on lemmy.fmhy.ml and I'm loving it so far since it had everything I needed:
- Blocks out lemmygrad
- Allows talk on piracy and NSFW content
- Loads better compared to the more overpopulated instances
- Wasn't very restrictive and was very welcoming (didn't even ask me for a reason for joining)
I owned a funny domain
.... Because I own it
I decided I felt better selfhosting it rather than being on anyone else's instance
Biggest German server and good community.
The list of blocked instances made me switch from feddit.de to the current instance I'm using.
I joined the one hosted by my country's community. The community is really great.
The name of the instance made me laugh.
I have has a journey through a few instances.
I first applied to Lemmy.ml because I was interested in open source. I also applied at Lemmy.one and Beehaw because they were recommended on join-lemmy.
I got accepted at Beehaw. Then they defederated from Lemmy.world and sh.it. Stayed on Beehaw for a while but found a few communities on world that I couldnβt join, so decided to sign up to world.
World was having performance issues and I realised I could no longer interact with the Beehaw communities and people I had started talking with.
Then found lemm.ee I like the name, it hadnβt been defederated by any other instances, had good up time, was on the latest Lemmy code, and the admin seemed to know what they were doing, so joined that one. I donβt see myself moving again any time soon.
Because of nationality
On the day I signed up, 18.0 was rolling out and lemmy.one was the only one that worked on Jerboa. I wanted to try out the different apps and see what worked well so that was where I started. I also have an account on lemmy.world but I don't think it's necessary unless there's a problem with lemmy.one. might still use another server if I can create my own community there.
Decided to go with a smaller instance from the start, as I think we can all see what happens when one entity holds too much power within an ecosystem.
Also wanted to go with one that was not defederated from other instances (nor defederating others as well). Checked a bunch of lists, and decided to go with my current one.
I chose vlemmy.net cause it seemed neutral, general, and was one of the recommended ones. So far so good.
I'm hosting my own. I had a free server with 9GB RAM and 99GB disk space, and it was only running my Mastodon server until now. I like the freedom to do what I want with the server :)
Iβm a pirate π΄ββ οΈ and like the community itself, friendly and helpful.
lemmy.ml because when I joined I had no idea of how the fediverse worked. I'd change it to a smaller one but it really doesn't matter much I don't think.
IDK
Lemmy.ml was requesting people register on other instances, and lemmy.one stepped up to fill the void.
But when people ask me what instance to sign up for, I tell them lemmy.world. it doesn't really matter, but being based in a bigger instance reduces the friction of finding communities.
It was nearby geographically and the guy running it seemed to know what he was doing from a technical aspect.
I am hosting it lol
I added an account to a few geared towards specific community types. Then I can easily switch accounts and view local.
I'm considering standing up an instance for this type of thing myself.
I picked lemmy.world because it was recommended and had a large userbase. I know Beehaw defederated from lemmy.world and sh.itjustwor.ks, so if you want to interact with that community, that could be a consideration against, but since the user population across all of Lemmy is currently increasing dramatically, I think everything's a bit of a moving target regardless.
I saw a youtube video that said lemmy.ml was full so you can't join. I just picked a random one that wasn't ml so I chose lemmy.world