this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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Lemmy

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I'm just still figuring this all out sorry if it's a dumb question

EDIT: Thank you all for the answers! I'm honestly loving the entire idea of the fediverse, im a new fan!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not a dumb question.. but some other things to consider:

  • moderation/rules
  • political leaning/community feel
  • geographic location... less important but can influence user experience
[–] PhantomPhanatic 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was unable to determine any of these before I joined. It certainly isn't easy. Is there a simple way to learn about these qualities of instances?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've found this repo comparing some different instances. No idea how accurate it is though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Front page side bar usually shows rules. The others there is no simple way to find out in advance.
My point was that it DOES matter where you create your account, beyond just getting a name you like. So I expect many people will hop around from instance to instance until they find "home".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Whilst it's all part of the fediverse experience, I think there needs to be a much lower friction workflow to migrate users, even if banned, to reduce the cost to a user of disagreements with mods that can't be resolved harmoniously on an instance.

[–] PhantomPhanatic 1 points 1 year ago

That's fair. I do think bouncing around right now isn't too bad. Sign up is simple and names are available. It could be harder later when name choices are slim or sign ups require more effort.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The problem is that these aren't always trivial pieces of info to figure out

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey mate, any recos for Aussie instances?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago