Comment on It's been a while, which Lemmy instances should I be on?

kbal@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• SidTheShuckle@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If blahaj.zone is still great then im proud to be on this instance :3 im just exploring other options in case

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  • cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i no longer like lemmy blahaj…. cause i like piefed blahaj 💙

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    • BonkTheAnnoyed@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I tried piefed.blahaj but with the images being auto expanded by default there’s way too much questionable anime.

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      • wjs018@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        More recent versions of piefed should have a much improved compact mode. I basically made the thumbnails for image posts render just like thumbnails for link posts when in compact mode. It was a pet peeve of mine too that compact mode said it was thumbnails, but it still put images on a whole separate line which made them much larger than other thumbnails.

        PBZ is on 1.3.0 now, so it should be available if you want to give it another go. Just make sure that your UI option is set to compact mode. This setting is per-device, so you might need to reset it for different browsers/phone/etc.

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  • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you like Blahaj the there is also a Piefed Blahaj instance now! I like Piefed over lemmy, I don’t know if they’ve added it to lemmy since I left but I really like being able to mute replies. It has other features lemmy lacks too, like being able to block an entire instance or make feeds (multireddit like function).

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    • SidTheShuckle@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ooh is there a list of piefed instances from most popular to most endorsements? And specifically ones that tailor to solarpunk/anarchism/lgbtq+? i wonder why everyone shifted to piefed? is it because one of the lemmy devs had a controversial past?

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      • rimu@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Check out https://piefed.social/auth/instance_chooser

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      • Fugit@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        ooh is there a list of piefed instances from most popular to most endorsements?

        There’s a built-in instance list on piefed when you click on “register”. It’s sorted by server speed. The most popular must be piefed.social.

        And specifically ones that tailor to solarpunk/anarchism/lgbtq+?

        In reverse order, piefed.blahaj.zone for a lgbtq+ instance, and anarchist.nexus as well as quokk.au for anarchist ones. @povoq@slrpnk.net mentioned the possibility of a solarpunk piefed instance in the past, but it’s yet to become something concrete.

        i wonder why everyone shifted to piefed? is it because one of the lemmy devs had a controversial past?

        I think it’s half because piefed has more feature, develops faster than lemmy, and half because the lemmy devs are pricks (one being a transphobe, and the other not being all that bothered by it).

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      • Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If you go here you can sort by size, uptime, etc, I’m not sure if anyone has made a curated list anywhere. There’s only a few instances with 100+ users, but since you’re seeing all the same fediverse content anyway it doesn’t matter much. My policy was to just pick an instance I trusted (already trusted Blahaj, so that was easy).

        I would say it’s probably a good idea to pick an instance with at least 30-40 people, because the more people who have subscribed to remote communities, the more content will will automatically federate to the instance (therefor making it easier for you to find new content).

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      • Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I have an alt on quokk.au, there’s also anarchist.nexus.

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      • cecilkorik@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        People just like it better. You’re probably overthinking these things. The point of federation is so that these decisions don’t matter as much. (Almost) all the instances are connected and sharing the same community and content. There is no magic “best” place to be, and if there is, it won’t be because it’s “popular” it will be because it’s “the right one for you”.

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    • Bubs@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I can do both of those with Lemmy. Maybe it’s per app? Summit on Android allows both instance blocking and feeds.

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      • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That sounds like an app extending Lemmy’s featureset. I cannot do those on boost… that I’m aware of.

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