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Quick tip for moving accounts:
Export your profile from your current account, then import into the new one. Keeps subscriptions and even saved comments/posts, but doesn't include any of your post history. Its in the settings of the web app, when you are logged in.
Just make sure the next server you use has at least Lemmy 1.9.5 (I think) which was the first version with that functionality.
Wish there was a way to save our content though
Why? It's still there, just under the old account
I've enjoyed lemm.ee
I'd definitely add a +1 to lemm.ee
The admin is open and honest, he's got a clear set of goals, which is to make lemmy accessible - nothing more, nothing less.
Lemm.ee doesn't participate in the whole "federate vs non-federate" drama or crippling features (ie: removing downvotes) because it goes against their ethos/mantra.
There are instances that lemm.ee defederates from, but they are usually due to extreme vore, cp, or other content that could expose lemm.ee to some legal problems.
I just checked the list at https://lemm.ee/instances
The only blocked entries are Threads and burger/burggit, which is defunct. I was not able to search defend.xyz to see who is blocking them.
For anyone considering it, just be aware that it will be a much less filtered experience. Most instances block lemmygrad, hexbear, etc. Most also block porn.
You will likely want to set up your own instance blocks
You will likely want to set up your own instance blocks
As a former Redditor, I gave up on /r/all years before the enshittification (due to the poor signal to noise ratio) and started culling a list of meaningful subreddits. For me this was a game changer.
If you plan on using lemm.ee (or any Lemmy instance) as a pre-curated r/all, I think you're going to have a bad experience. Lemmy, in it's current state, wasn't really made for that (the sorting is too simplistic).
For myself, I simply subscribe to the communities that I'm interested in. If I feel my daily feed is sparse, then I'll look at what's threads are trending in the entire fediverse and add those communities, then repeat. After following this process for a couple of weeks, I seldomly want/need to check the entire fediverse.
I appreciate that Lemm.ee will let me choose the communities that I'm interested in, regardless of they happen to exist on Lemmy.world, hexbear, etc.
Defederating is more than just blocking communities hosted on those instances. Most importantly, and the reason why most instances get defederated, is that it blocks comments.
If your instance blocks hexbear, it blocks all comments from hexbear users. That also applies to all communities on other instances.
"Enjoyed" is a big word. I haven't had a single bad experience with this instance since I joined Lemmy.
I’m pretty fond of SJW
I was gonna look for a social justice warrior instance lol
I second this. Variety of communities, not generally a creepy or racist shithole, mostly neutral politics and moderation, shit just works
The main alt I use for the family TV is on SJW. Federated with basically all of the other mainstream instances but no porn.
No porn is appealing. Nothing against porn but I read Lemmy in public a lot and i hate playing whack a mole with nsfw communities.
Isn't there an account-wide hide nsfw switch?
That disables plenty of NSFW posts that aren’t porn.
Pick one of the top 50 or 100 ones at random, just avoid lemmy.world and lemmy.ml, they are larger than they should be.
I am currently using discuss.tchncs.de, you can try it out.
Lemmy's introduction website is good at this btw:
https://join-lemmy.org/instances?topic=all_topics&language=en&scroll=true
I'd choose one at least somewhat near yourself. It'll improve latency, and it's your window to the world, so you'll always feel that latency when browsing.
There's probably some webpage out there that will measure load times, if you don't have tools yourself.
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/ or https://mbin.fediverse.observer/ will geolocate your IP and try to show a list of geographically-nearby instances; not quite the same thing as network latency, but correlated.
What's up with world? I've seen that there are a lot of complaints going on about it, but what is the underlying problem?
It's popular.
yeah, lemmy.world is a good starter server. To find your next one:
Also, consider going past the first page on FediDB and picking a smaller instance. I'm not knocking the big instances (I volunteer my time to two of the biggest, after all). It's just that the whole point of this Fediverse experiment is for things to be distributed. Going by the numbers on FediDB, fully half of all monthly active Lemmy users are concentrated on the three largest instances.
the whole point of this Fediverse experiment is for things to be distributed
I strongly disagree with this. This point is that it CAN be distributed, not that it needs to be.
That's like saying the whole point of making divorce legal is so that everybody gets divorced. It's the option that's the important bit.
Why not go to Discuit and their 194 weekly active users if you want a fully centralized initiative?
As much as federeation gets criticized on Lemmy (and to be fair, it brings some issues), the numbers still show that Lemmy is the most successful Reddit alternative. By far.
Damn, they really only have 200 weekly users? I knew they were small but I thought it would be at least a couple thousand. Federation is absolutely key, couldn't agree more.
But if the fediverse isn't actually distributed, then you don't actually have the option, right? If 80% of activity is on one server, then that server effectively controls the fediverse, and if you have a problem with their admins or moderators, you don't have a viable alternative.
If it's not actually distributed, the fact that it theoretically could be doesn't really matter. And this isn't even mentioning the possibility of a centralized server having technical or legal issues.
The divorce analogy is not a good one because that's an individual decision, whereas migrating servers and communities is not something that one individual person can just suddenly choose to do. It requires time, effort, and collective action, so it's better to be pre-emptively distributed to eliminate that vulnerability in the first place.
yeah, lemmy.world is a good starter server
I agree with you, I ditched it when they started blocking the piracy communities though... I am unsure if they undo that movement as of now...
Most instances to be honest. Just make note of the blocked instances and see if they don't block anything you wish to see.
Unless you want local to be diverse, that is.
I like 'Reddthat'; it's smaller size makes it feel cozy and responsive to their community. I have accounts on multiple instances, but reddthat is what I'm using 95% of the time
try this instance im using. its general purpose and easy to sign up.
