current lemmy status

tbf people just wanna sign up and click on funny links, not browse through 100 rando instances to find the one that lines up with their exact interests and wait for approval and worry about uptime and whether their instance will still exist in a year

I created my own server...

First I created account there and then landed on my current instance, because lemmy.ml's admin views looks sketchy for me. Been living in ex-ussr for all my life I just cant accept all that communists and marxists and the fact that lemmy.ml has /c/Communism on it.

I know that's silly but that's why I'm not there anymore.

Problem is that a) new users don’t know that they can join communities across servers, and b) it is intuitive use start with the servers that a lot of people like.

Instance browsing and onboarding is probably the biggest challenge to Lemmy’s growth. The current experience either scares new people away, or encourages them to congregate on a limited set of instances.

I'm very tempted to switch to another instance, but from what I understand, you can't migrate your account like you can with Mastodon? That seems like something that should be expected with fediverse apps...

Nah just register at whichever instance that sounds the coolest to append to your name. Just FYI I'm from programming.dev.

Don't look at me I'm on feddit.de

The documentation explaining how fediverse works is so bad. It's so long and convoluted anyone new just can't be bothered reading it.

I tried to make an account on lemmy.ml and it looks like their servers are (understandably) overloaded

I ended up choosing lemmy.world instead

My understanding is I'm not missing out on anything by chosing a less-popular instance. Did I get that right?

Proud to be a sh.itjust.works user

This is something that lemmy devs need to better address. This is an "Eternal September" kind of situation. People (me included) are not used to the fediverse. They think you can participate only if you're in that instance. And people want content, so they think "why's the instance with most people? Ahh lemmy.ml? Cool, let's join.

I chose lemmy.ml based on two things:

• I wanted a server that wasn't likely to close I don't really know for sure, but I imagine it's easy to underestimate how much money or time is required to run a server. And I'd really prefer not having to worry about migrating. The 'run by Lemmy's developers' part makes me think that either the risk will be lower or the people running the server will know how to prevent reaching a point like that.
• I didn't want to join a very specific instance As I see it, there are two possible scenarios:
  • The instance I join will affect the content I'm exposed (and not exposed) to, in which case I want to experience 'the whole internet' rather than a section of it.
  • The instance I choose is irrelevant to the content I get, in which case, (apart from community rules) it shouldn't really matter which one I choose, so I would just join the biggest instance.

Still something that could help with the choosing-an-instance process is to display in the list of servers the community rules and if they are blocking certain communities.

As someone who intentionally joined a different instance, the biggest issue is the “federation” doesn’t allow cross-authentication. Clicking a link to another instance moves me to that instance where I’m not logged in. Authentication should really be cross-instance.

I'm on .world because I had no idea which to join. Seems to be working just fine for me; I can see tons of posts from other places!

Sopuli.xyz has been a reliable instance :)

Idk why anyone would use the main instance and choose to be admined by genocide denying tankies

When I first looked into Lemmy I thought picking an instance confined you to that instance. I think a lot of new people don't realize that isn't the case.

They need to do away with the ridiculous manual approval process on most servers and recommend servers that forego it on the main site.

Lemmy.world gang

99.99% don’t really want or understand a federated system. How do you know it’s not hosted on someone’s desktop over DSL? How do you know it will be there tomorrow? How do you know they aren’t modifying the code to do something nefarious?

As long as there’s a “main” instance people will prioritize that.

I do really hope people are going to come to lemmy because this isn't half bad

I use lemmy.world. they have an associated mastodon as well.

IDK, beehaw.org and lemmy.world aren't doing too bad

Lemmy.world checking in

I find it is nice to just join a server you enjoy at its core and then simply use the "all" sort of thing. I can see from other servers what is popular and can comment and upvote and downvote. It's all very seamless even if I am not in that home server

"I just want to be where the people are" 🧜‍♀️

Ope! Us midwesterners are doing great.

lemmy.world unite!

It's at the top of the list on join-lemmy.org's popular server list, next to lemmy.world and beehaw.org, of course new users will sign up on the more popular ones. Plus, a few posts on reddit called out these three which set everything in motion.

Once folks start to understand how it works, they might start to sign up on other ones, for a "cooler handle @ address" for their user, or register a domain and start their own instance like I did.

Anyway, welcome aboard, right?

Hello from lemmy.ca

feddit.it 🙋‍♂️

Hello from beehaw.org!

New feddit.de user reporting in

Ze Germans seem to have their own monopolistic instance

Well, hello from feddit.de! Since I'm a german user I thought it'd be only logical to register on a german instance. While new registrations are semi-locked, the criteria for being let in are quite easy to pass and they are mostly in place to filter out spam. Got my account approved right on the next day

I definitely didnt pick sh.itjust.works for the funny name, naaaaaaaaah

Join us over in beehaw, it's super chill and welcoming

Proudly burdening sh.itjust.works instead of lemmy.ml!

I created my account at sh.itjust.works but I don't fully understand Lemmy yet. Finding communities seems confusing.

sh.itjust.works Gang represent ✊

If it helps, I joined kbin cause I like the UI more :P

Yeah I have been finding it hard to wrap my head around this federation part.

lemm.ee gang

proudly hailing from NOT lemmy.ml 🤗

I think people naturally tend toward the servers of the people that started the project and also the servers that have the most people on them. As the federated technology continues to smooth out I think more people might be more comfortable spreading out to other servers.

Personally I started out on the Beehaw server but they had some rules I didn't like so then I found another server.

I'm so sorry, I haven't seen the pinned post before registering. Maybe add notice to registration page?

I just hope it lasts, worst thing would be if people just went back to reddit

I just don't get why every other reasonably big alternative bans lemmygrad.

I'm here from lemmy.one c: DECENTRALIZE.

First one I heard about was Lemmy.world, and for a short time I thought others were just "imitation offshoots", taking time to learn the system. There's still not a simple summary to send people, at the very least it can open simply as "Here's some non-Reddit Reddit sites"

Tell those instances to stop censoring other instances and it'll be ok.

Beehaw.org says

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ANY OF IT. THERE'S WORSE SHIT ON THE LOCAL NEWS.

I've had a lemmy.ml account for a little bit but I'm trying out a lemmy.world account as I was put off by some of the things I heard about the original server.

I tried to start a kbin instance today and I literally ended up corrupting or deleting debian off the VPS.

So look I'm tryin' but uh...give me a little time.

lemmy.one gang

Lemmy world was the only one that let me sign up lol

Other servers are snappier than lemmy.ml

Nuhuh, beehaws active user count and seemingly inclusive nature drew me in

When looking through the list of other servers, one thing I noticed is that a lot where in languages I don't know.

My work blocks lemmy.ml but not many other instances. Unfortunately all the heaviest memes are on lemmy.ml ! I just want to look at fun memes instead of my lame ass patients what’s wrong with that

How easy is it to migrate yourself from one to another?

listen, I'm willing to go to smaller instances if necessary, but for the same reason I signed up for mastodon.social - I want my local community to not be a desert, if at all possible.

Whaaat there are alternatives?

Well I tried beehaw but I after creating an account I had to wait to be accepted.. 1 hour later couldn't login so I went to lemmy.ml and it was instantaneous so..here I am

Honestly, I was just trying to look for the most general instance possible.

I setup Anarch.is today. Feel free to create an account. Still need to write-up guidelines, enable community creation, etc. but it’s ready if you want to post/comment on other instances.

If we run into server load problems i’ll upgrade it. 😎

New user, signed up on an alternative. It isn't intuitive to add a community from another server. Got there eventually though!

I use Feddit.it because it's an Italian instance so it's much easier for me to find content of my native language

Beehaw.org unite!

UwU from the blahaj.zone

I'm in lemmy.world. they have an associated mastodon as well.

feddit.de but we’ve had some heavy load an hour ago.

New lemmy.ca member checking in! This is pretty cool.

latte.isnot.coffee is mine, I think it's the best end for your name you can hope for ;)

I was advised by a redditor to join '.word' because ml was overwhelmed

Not really sure what the difference is tbh. I'm here interacting with an ml community so why not?

I'd like to know if I can make my own subreddit equivalent though?

lemmy.ca - Hailing from beautiful Nova Scotia! 🇨🇦

I just joined my own countries server. Works fine.

Lemmy.fmhy.ml was the easiest one to join I found and suites my interests nicely

Blahaj Lemmy checking in. :)

We could use alternatives, but Lemmy is the best!

Yes and no, i signed up to different instances and even if i subscribed to the same federated communities, i see wildly different content, and the home on lemmy.ml is more engaging

Just started a small server, have a fair amount of extra compute.

https://lemmy.intai.tech/

aussie.zone alive and kicking.

As a sopuli.xyz user I approve of this post

@SeaStar Lemmy.world is a new instance.

Well when other instances outright ghost your application people.will either discard the fediverse or join the ones with auto accept be it LM or mimmthe one I joined.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com for generative ai, neurodivergence, and anarchism and copylefts

Ha! I'm on another server, because federation…

Ich war dabei.

vlemmy.net is pretty chill atm

Lemmy.sdf.org checking in!

If I want to comment on another insurance such as beehaw.org, do I need to create a different account or can I log in with one that I created on lemmy.ml?

I think we will see other bigger stable servers in the future when more eyes are on it. And I seriously hope that the Lemmy devs will try hard to push their instance as the all dominating one.

I am using a different instance, but I am unable, so far, to post images or change my profile avatar. Otherwise it's been great!

I signed up for another one, but they haven't approved me yet!

me, on lemmy.world: what?

I don't really get the difference. And can I visit different servers from the one I'm on? I don't see a way to on Jerboa

hi from other fediverse server

I joined mander.xyz because it has a lot of science oriented communities and that's why I'm here. Super happy to have found it.

I first signed up on a UK specific Lemmy that lasted all of 4 days before it went away with no notice.

So I came to lemmy.ml which is still here, and long may it be so.

I like beehaw a lot. I think it’s natural for people to still be in the mindset of going to the “source”. And I admit I felt that way at the start of mastodon, but I found my home on fosstadon and understand.

I think it is OK. People need time to transition to this new way of doing things.

I wish I could comment here from my own instance, but I can't. !memes@lemmy.ml returns only 3 posts for me.

Everything is so weird, I guess I'll be spending some next few days and nights in the support community. thread 'main' panicked everywhere in logs. The communication between nodes is really inconsistent.

Haha I'm special

I started off on lemmy.ml before the deluge and then today it’s basically inaccessible so I started up a new account over at lemmy.world. I browse by All anyway so I haven’t really noticed a difference.

Commenting from tchncs.de

Hello from tchncs.de!!

Beehaw seems pretty dope

haha not true, some people are aware of high charge of servers :3

I wanted to register there, but the loading animation is too infinite (there was a bug). So here I am on lemm.ee

The dude on the left is too happy about it to be a lemmy.ml admin.

And I thought I had choose the wrong one....

I joined an instance based on my region but otherwise I can’t say this is surprising. Everyone wants to be at the most popular spot, very few people actively seek out quieter places.

After reading the "we are full" notices and doing some research I was able to easily create an account on lemmy.ca increasing the represention for BC.

True, Federation is a key part in decentralization

Not true! -> discuss.tchncs.de

so true for our server

I guess many newcomers just go the easy way

I joined sopuli.xyz because they have a cute fuzzy animal in a hat as their logo.

from FMHY that is the only community I can actually created an account without stuck on loading

Hello world!

Yup, lurkers can see a list with an actual table of features here.

Solution: change servers

Hello from lemmy.world! Don't come here, I think it's starting to get overloaded too. Lemmy.one looks like it may be in a good "growing but not snowballing yet" position, go over there and get that ball rolling.

I like lemmy.world, because anyone can create their own community.

Aussie.zone accounts rise up!

Mander.xyz for the science 🔬