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Hey friends! I’m looking to sign up for Mastodon and would love to hear what drew you to the server you are on? Also, what are servers with good reputation?

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[–] ruud 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm on https://mastodon.world, but for personal stuff I created https://ruud.social and for hobbies I run https://pool.social and https://musicworld.social.

Oh and I also have https://calckey.world but I don't post too much there.

[–] phillycodehound 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

LOL you run all of those Ruud! LOL

[–] ruud 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I run 11 fedi servers in total.

[–] phillycodehound 2 points 2 years ago

certifiable. LOL

[–] DarraignTheSane 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why, https://mastodon.world of course, since it's also ran by @ruud, the admin of lemmy.world. I feel he knows what he's doing with hosting better than most instances.

[–] Brunbrun6766 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well according to commenters and posters in some communities, they themselves are the smartest and should be running the show.

[–] DarraignTheSane 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sure they're welcome to, if they want to spin up their own instances. :D

[–] Brunbrun6766 2 points 2 years ago

See that would require more than being a keyboard warrior

[–] vsp 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ah! I'm on Mastodon.world!

EDIT: You also asked for why. Well, I wrote a blog post about it, actually...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

leftist.network

Seems kind of self-explanatory...

[–] zloubida 5 points 2 years ago

deacon.social, as I'm Christian. It's a niche community, but it works almost as well as the big instances, while defending the Federation system.

[–] synapse1278 4 points 2 years ago

Linux.pizza because it had open registration at the time I created an account and I am interested in both, Linux and pizzas.

[–] smolgumball 4 points 2 years ago

I'm over at https://mastodon.gamedev.place and enjoy it a ton.

There are a number of prolific game designers as well as tons of indie devs sharing knowledge + life updates. A very cozy instance without any hateful BS.

[–] jetsetdorito 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

infosec.exchange, I don't work in infosec but it's a cool community

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm on mstdn.social. The admin is really cool, and the server is big enough to my liking.

[–] ren 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same. I like Stux and find a good general instance a great way to discover people and connect.

Outside of the one time he gut defederated with mastodon.art too reactively, he’s been a fair and good moderator. Not too open (like mastodon.social) and not to overbearing (like mastodon.art)

With that being said, I do plan on switching to a smaller one once I get some good connections and feel like I’ve done my part to support the Fediverse as a whole. Just find a nice server of queer goofy dorks like me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Now that I'm more aware about federation things and more servers appear in the wild, maybe I'll change to a smaller one too. But I'm too lazy, and I've already changed my first instance to mstdn.social a year ago.

[–] ren 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I got my eye on beige.party lol. love it. Follow lots of folks there, but for now I'll sit tight on mstdn.social unless Stux gets weird on me.

[–] phillycodehound 2 points 2 years ago

Ha! Masto.ai is also a Stux property. I'm an Admin over there if you need a spot!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

tech.lgbt/ it's a bit self explanatory lol

[–] PropaGandalf 3 points 2 years ago

fosstodon.org - They are very competent people and there to stay.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Just don't join any big instances. It will kill the purpose of fediverse.

Go to official mastodon site. lot of instances is listed there. Choose whatever instance you think will surve your purpose :)

[–] s4if 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mostly active on my own (non-mastodon fediverse) instance, I do have account on small instance, but it is collecting the dust most of the time.
Given you are on Lemmyworld, I think it is better to join mastodon.world. It is also owned and managed by te same people who runs lemmyworld. I like their transparency.

[–] phillycodehound 3 points 2 years ago

I'm bias but Ruud runs a good ship!

[–] jcrabapple 3 points 2 years ago

I run https://dmv.community for folks in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area, and I run https://pixtagram.social Pixelfed instance.

[–] Mpeach45 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you can find a server, that is literally local in focus, I recommend that. Literally Geo local.

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

I thought about this but IDK something about my username basically including my regional information makes me uncomfortable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm on mastodonapp.uk for the same reason I'm on feddit.uk; I sought out a local instance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm on linux.pizza I'm a linux guy, and the server is administrated by a swedish guy, makes it easier to communicate with the admin. He also has been really great when I've been interacting with him :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

programming.dev

There are a lot of tech communities here. If you're geeky come and join us.

Otherwise, there are lots of options and comparisons here: https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

[–] vera 2 points 2 years ago

I use kbin microblog feature to post to fedi

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

I'm on mas.to. Chose it because it's got a decent UK presence (but isn't a UK-specific server), is quite popular, and the admin runs it well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

kolektiva.social, the name is cool and it allows 10 000 long posts. Also, it's an anarchist instance and being an anarchist I kinda like that.

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

I have 4 Mastodon accounts, 1 on Vivaldi (as I use this browser), and 3 on Polish servers. My main one is on 101010.pl (largest Polish, can read formatted posts), other ones are on pol.social and mastodon.com.pl. I was also on calckey.pl, but Calckey appararently was not ready for use - the instance is now closing down. I have a Polish /kbin account (on karab.in), and WriteFreely and Mobilizon accounts.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I’m hosting my own calckey instance now, but before that I was on techhub.social which was really nice!

[–] mrpibb 2 points 2 years ago

I recently joined Fosstodon and so far it seems like a nice and well moderated place to connect with others about tech and open source.

[–] snailwizard 1 points 2 years ago

I’m on Mastodon.social because I thought it was as good as any other, but after reading comments here I’m considering switching to mastodon.world

[–] furikuri 1 points 2 years ago

I'm on urusai.social right now to talk about anime / manga / general tech. Probably gonna end up creating an additional account on a more general instance to talk about things on a whim too

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

I'm on neovibe.app however federation over there is completely broken right now

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

I have an account on mastodon.online

[–] narcogen 1 points 2 years ago

newsie and mstdn.games

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