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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Honestly, because of my interest, as you can tell from my instance's name and purpose. It's the first furry instance I see and also the most popular one, that's the initial reason.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I initially chose vlemmy.net because it seemed big enough but not too big, and didnโ€™t de/federate for non legal reasons (I can choose what I want to see myself).

Unfortunately it went down, so I moved to lemm.ee which seemed pretty similar but bigger so hopefully it will stick around longer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

at first I saw these strange domain names and didn't really know how Lemmy works...

I saw lemmy.world, it has thr "world" ending so I was like, okay, this is a worldwide instance, this is what I need.

I was wrong, now I know, but I like World.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I joined lemmy.ml because 1 year ago (yes I'm old I know) it was the biggest and most active instance, also it was, very importantly, the most federated with others I believe, the other candidate was lemmygrad but I feared (and that fear came true) fediblocks and defederations

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The name is cool but the Tessier-Ashpool were bourgeois pigs

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I chose lemmy.world because it felt the most neutral and least controversial. I also feel like there's enough "backing" behind it and feel semi-confident that it'll stick around.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Our community always cared a lot about decentralization, so naturally we had to have our own instance, even before the reddit api exodus. It only made sense to use the instance of the community I vibe with. Besides this, we offer:

  • closed signup to limit bot account creation, you need either manual verification or a signup fee for anonymous users
  • high performance instance which is entirely community funded with the signup fees + anonymous donations
  • unlimited access to the fediverse, there's no de-federation unless required by law
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

thought this domain looked cool

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on feddit.it because it's an Italian-speaking instance, so I can read local posts from all kinds of subjects in my own language

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This seems like a good reasoning, I think instances of my natal country exists, but I would be hesitant to join them because, if they are not using a VPS of sorts I know our internet infrastructure fucking sucks lol.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I looked at it, it seemed mostly vanilla, had good servers, didn't have defederation drama like lemmy.world, thought it's cool.

I'd be open to move to a "leftist" lemmy instance, but as a staunch anarchist I'm not really compatible with lemmygrad or hexbear.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I started on lemmy.fmhy.net, then jumped to lemm.ee when I heard about the domain issues. But I wasn't aware of just how big lemm.ee really was, and I like the idea of being on a smaller instance to help with decentralization. I looked around and saw leminal.space and I thought that was a pretty good pun. It was really as simple as that.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I started on .ml way before the reddit fallout. Once I actually started using it, I spun up my own instance.

But, based on these comments, hexbear.net sounds like a fun place....

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Kinda picked it at random when scrolling through my choices.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It just works when lemmy.world didn't

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Joined programming.dev because it is more related to my interests

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well, I created the instance I'm on so it seemed like a logical choice!

I created it primarily because I am a fan of self-hosting stuff, and I also figured it would be a cool way for me to contribute to the Fediverse - even if its not really that large.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Started on lemmy.ml, when they were experiencing some performance issues I decided to "be distributed" away from one of the main instances. Decided on one geographically in my home country.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Only user on my instance - admittedly this is my mod account not my primary, it still lives elsewhere on one of the main instances. I'm still unsure if running a niche instance that's designed to host communities, if I should also open registration or not.

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