https://lemmings.world

Pros:

• Lemmy is my replacement for Reddit, so I'm definitely not abandoning it any time soon
• Regularly updated
• I manage servers for a living, I generally know how to handle stuff like this
• Rules are lax, basically don't do anything illegal, don't spam and you won't be banned from the instance (mods can still ban you on their own discretion from specific communities)
• Hosted in EU
• I don't care about, nor do I collect, your personal data
• There's a bot that travels across the Fediverse and subscribes to popular communities, meaning your "All" feed won't be half-empty and is comparable in content to the largest instances
• The instance has "lemmings" in the name. Yes, that's a pro.
• If you ask, I might make you a lemming-related, ai-generated profile picture

Cons:

• It has a bus factor of one - if I get hit by a bus, the instance goes down within a month of not paying for hosting
  • As an upside, I try my best to not get hit by a bus (so far with 100% success rate)