Lemmy.world for me.
It's generic, has a good list of communities, and the mods are legends with updates and transparency.
I personally prefer using Lemm.ee, mostly because it's the instance I started off with, but the problem with that instance is that it's dry lol
Beehaw is a quieter experience than most because it has narrower federation, but you do tend to get a better signal to noise ratio since you miss the spammier instances - I like it.
Beehaw also doesn't federate downvotes which I think is an improvement.
Beehaw is such a nice place to visit, but I’m too much of an asshole to live there.
Posting from a Beehaw account I think does have a psychological effect on me that causes me to naturally tone things down a bit. I think it's been good for me.
Yeah and in addition to that the overall "be(e) nice" rule means that people are generally just a lot more pleasant to be around and less abrasive than what I see in some of the other larger instances.
Only issue is I recently opened another account because theyre leaving lemmy eventually and currently my posts dont federate and all my subscriptions are pending.
Only issue is I recently opened another account because theyre leaving lemmy eventually and currently my posts dont federate and all my subscriptions are pending.
Nothing's concrete yet. I have accounts on several instances for their various advantages, but Beehaw is what I've settled on as my main "default" for now. The Subscribe Pending is a bug, I don't think it affects your posts federating so they're separate issues if that's the case.
I'm enjoying Beehaw. I really haven't looked around at other instances that much, but it's pretty chill here.
I prefer sopuli.xyz
He's right. No bias, I swear.
I dunno why but everytime I see that, I misread it as SoPopular ;)
lemmy.sdf.org when it works; federation there is kinda fucked right now, so
I'm on lemmy.today for now.I accidentally posted it from SDF. Comment if you can see this.SDF has an extensive track record (* much longer than I have been alive*) of providing systems for the public good. If federation gets fixed (and it probably will eventually), I'll be back on SDF.
Additionally, I generally don't want the set of people I can connect with to be technically limited, like at all. Yes that includes "all the bad people" according to your (and my) individual worldview. If they're going to exist, I would prefer to have advanced notice of the danger they pose. If you suck, I will block you.
I'm not against moderated or curated instances, and for most people that is probably the way to go, but it's not what I personally need. Yes, this means that I occasionally get wild shit when I choose to scroll through All. Yes, that means I get various shades of genocide apologists and weird bigots, again when I choose not to browse by Local or Subscribed. That's why I'm subscribed to a bunch of cool, moderated communities. I choose the content I see.
That is the approach I prefer for myself. Again, I understand that it's not for everyone.
As far as instances where I'm not (yet) a member, lemmy.dbzer0.com is my favorite by far. Also while I don't have any communities on their instance, the startrek.website people seem to always have something interesting to say.
Hello! I can see you!
Personally I am pretty bias towards lemm.ee, mostly because it's the instance I joined when starting out. I mostly do all because i personally don't prefer using local communities. Don't really care about federation, just like using lemmy either way
Is it weird to not have a favorite?
no
As an American I prefer lemmy.ca
lemmy.ohaa.xyz, cause its mine :D
now THATS the spirit!
slrpnk.net :D
SLRPNK best instance
I like mine because it is mine :)
Do you just host it for yourself and no other users are on it?
Me and a few friends
Every instance is good because every instance can interact with many other instances with comments, posts etc. So you arent really locked into one instance. its the magic of federation.
mander.xyz is my favorite. Love and subscribed to the most of the communities it have.
Omg yes they are really bringing the best science communities.
For some weird reason, I can't access that instance from work. Probably DNS related.
Lemm.ee seems pretty okay.
I don't care much about instances though, I just use Lemmy like it's Reddit and scroll through the home page and my subscriptions
lemmy.blahaj.zone because im biased
just like me...
unpopular hexbear because seeing both sides of the propaganda broadens my critical thinking more than echo chambers, yes-men, and logical fallacies being thrown my way instead of supporting data
The solution to being fed propaganda isn't to seek out more propaganda.
I respect the devotion to always collecting information from both sides, but if you think hexbear isn't 100% echo chamber and logical fallacies, then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you
Lemmy.ca and sh.itjust.works
sh.itjust.works is the best name for a instance
I like .world abit, but I'm a touch biased 🤣
My favourite instance is lemy.lol because it uses 0.19 rc version, has short domain name, and nice UI theme, and that's why I choosed it for my account
kbin.social. 😛
That's the spirit!
The UI looks nice, that's something
My main is reddthat.com
Clear and open admins; smaller instance with room to grow; it's my personal favorite
lemm.ee, my own instance got executed by Oracle Cloud haha
startrek.website definitely punches above its weight, was my first account
But this alt on reddthat.com I use more because it has down voting disabled and it keeps me more zen
pretty cool that there's whole instances about stuff like Star Trek, really cool!
Dbzer0 yeah. It have served well without any downtime for me. Also piracy friendly. Startrek.website people seems chill
I'm liking kbin more for the web UI than anything, but it's had some weird federation issues, so I might move one day.
I used lemmy.ml back when the lemmyverse was pretty much just pro-Russia tankies, it wasn't that great.
wait, lemmy instance can have custom ui's?!?
Lemmy and kbin are two different pieces of software that both implement the activitypub protocol in a way that they can federate with each other. So it's not just a different UI on top of Lemmy backend (which is also possible).
Yes, several instances offer this. Come to lemmy.ca and look in our sidebar for a few examples.
Kbin is a totally different app though.
Hexbear. and .ca
ngl I may prefer lemm.ee, just saying
Damn straight.
oh well
So join us.
already did
