I’m more of a commenter and less of a poster, but I moved away from world as my primary instance last week. Part to spread the load, part to just be able to browse.
Comment on When you notice Lemmy is quieter than usual, thean have a look at the Lemmy.world status
laughingm0n@lemmyhub.com 1 year ago
This is why we need users to spread to more servers and create communities in them. If lemmy.world goes down that shouldn’t result in half of lemmyhub disappearing.
June@lemm.ee 1 year ago
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Commenting on your comment not because I expect you to have them or anything, it’s just the top comment so hopefully someone sees this. I know there’s a handful of links out there to browse instances. Are there any that can see who’s defederated with who/ which instances are federated with the most instances? I had another account on a .ml domain instance but they got purged with a bunch of others a couple of weeks ago. I use my lemmy.world account because it has the most-ish reach for finding new communities and whatnot
Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
You can have a look at my comment here: sopuli.xyz/comment/1603292
Usually lemmy.fediverse.observer/list is a good resource
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sweet, thanks!
Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
You are welcome!
laughingm0n@lemmyhub.com 1 year ago
Currently no, there isn’t a way to see that granular of detail. On my instance I have details about any defederated (blocked) instances. Currently there are none.
But there are pros and cons of joining smaller server. Since mine is small we don’t see a large list of communities, I make a point to go through and subscribe to a bunch everyday so my users can get the best experience. But without others doing some of the leg work it can be challenging. Bigger instances like lemmy.world have “seeded” with communities all over because of their large user base. Not only does lemmy.world have a ton of communities but their users have subscribed to communities outside the instance making it discoverable to others.
Skoobie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Glad I’m realizing this before getting too attached to any one account. Setting up on a few instances now.
laughingm0n@lemmyhub.com 1 year ago
Getting attached to any account is not recommended. Hopefully most are pretty set but I know personally if I was too run into financial trouble I would shut it down. Bigger instances do get some amount of patrons who donate to them.
jeffhykin@lemm.ee 1 year ago
There’s a posposal for an automatic user distribution system (original post here: lemm.ee/post/2800726). Showing support for it would be a big help!
fraydabson@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Yes! I tried with a niche topic like fallout but can’t get people to move over from the Lemmy world community.