Looking to make a change i think.

  • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    41·
    2 days ago

    Quick tip for moving accounts:

    Export your profile from your current account, then import into the new one. Keeps subscriptions and even saved comments/posts, but doesn’t include any of your post history. Its in the settings of the web app, when you are logged in.

    Just make sure the next server you use has at least Lemmy 1.9.5 (I think) which was the first version with that functionality.

    • LedgeDrop@lemm.ee
      10·
      2 days ago

      I’d definitely add a +1 to lemm.ee

      The admin is open and honest, he’s got a clear set of goals, which is to make lemmy accessible - nothing more, nothing less.

      Lemm.ee doesn’t participate in the whole “federate vs non-federate” drama or crippling features (ie: removing downvotes) because it goes against their ethos/mantra.

      There are instances that lemm.ee defederates from, but they are usually due to extreme vore, cp, or other content that could expose lemm.ee to some legal problems.

      • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        15 hours ago

        I just checked the list at https://lemm.ee/instances

        The only blocked entries are Threads and burger/burggit, which is defunct. I was not able to search defend.xyz to see who is blocking them.

        For anyone considering it, just be aware that it will be a much less filtered experience. Most instances block lemmygrad, hexbear, etc. Most also block porn.

        You will likely want to set up your own instance blocks

    • abbadon420@lemm.ee
      9·
      2 days ago

      “Enjoyed” is a big word. I haven’t had a single bad experience with this instance since I joined Lemmy.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      I’d choose one at least somewhat near yourself. It’ll improve latency, and it’s your window to the world, so you’ll always feel that latency when browsing.

      There’s probably some webpage out there that will measure load times, if you don’t have tools yourself.

      https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/ or https://mbin.fediverse.observer/ will geolocate your IP and try to show a list of geographically-nearby instances; not quite the same thing as network latency, but correlated.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      What’s up with world? I’ve seen that there are a lot of complaints going on about it, but what is the underlying problem?

      • theonlytruescotsmanEnglish
        108·
        2 days ago

        It’s reddit. As in reddit right now reddit. Just without the ads.

        Also the entire point of federated networks is decentralization, if any one instance is too big, it risks snowballing into the only populated instance.

        • asudox@discuss.tchncs.deM
          11·
          2 days ago

          big, it risks snowballing into the only populated instance.

          …which has been happening for a few months now. 90% of the newcomers join LW, either because someone recommends it to them or because they just don’t care about decentralization or don’t understand federation.

          LW should actually close their registrations down for a while, but I guess they just don’t want to (iirc the admins acted pretty ignorant). It is very concerning that most active communities are in LW or Lemmy.ml.

    • Sabre363English
      16·
      3 days ago

      I second this. Variety of communities, not generally a creepy or racist shithole, mostly neutral politics and moderation, shit just works

    • hakase@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      The main alt I use for the family TV is on SJW. Federated with basically all of the other mainstream instances but no porn.

        • sbvEnglish
          7·
          2 days ago

          Isn’t there an account-wide hide nsfw switch?

        • hakase@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          We use a laptop outputting to a TV over HDMI as our main TV. That way my wife and I can watch whatever we want as usual, but also do crosswords, browse Lemmy together, etc.

    • kersplooshA
      18·
      2 days ago

      Also, consider going past the first page on FediDB and picking a smaller instance. I’m not knocking the big instances (I volunteer my time to two of the biggest, after all). It’s just that the whole point of this Fediverse experiment is for things to be distributed. Going by the numbers on FediDB, fully half of all monthly active Lemmy users are concentrated on the three largest instances.

      • Serinus@lemmy.world
        72·
        2 days ago

        the whole point of this Fediverse experiment is for things to be distributed

        I strongly disagree with this. This point is that it CAN be distributed, not that it needs to be.

        That’s like saying the whole point of making divorce legal is so that everybody gets divorced. It’s the option that’s the important bit.

        • imaqtpieA
          12·
          2 days ago

          But if the fediverse isn’t actually distributed, then you don’t actually have the option, right? If 80% of activity is on one server, then that server effectively controls the fediverse, and if you have a problem with their admins or moderators, you don’t have a viable alternative.

          If it’s not actually distributed, the fact that it theoretically could be doesn’t really matter. And this isn’t even mentioning the possibility of a centralized server having technical or legal issues.

          The divorce analogy is not a good one because that’s an individual decision, whereas migrating servers and communities is not something that one individual person can just suddenly choose to do. It requires time, effort, and collective action, so it’s better to be pre-emptively distributed to eliminate that vulnerability in the first place.

          • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
            3·
            2 days ago

            If 80% of activity is on one server, then that server effectively controls the fediverse,

            Is that still true with easy export? It sounds like that server effectively controls the fediverse until it doesn’t.

            • imaqtpieA
              1·
              2 days ago

              What do you mean by easy export? I haven’t been keeping up with recent Lemmy updates because SJW is still running 0.19.5.

              But if that’s some way to transfer your account to another server, that helps a little bit, but the more difficult thing is to migrate the communities to a new server. AFAIK you would have to start the communities from scratch with 0 posts and 0 subscribers, and that takes a long time to build back up.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      yeah, lemmy.world is a good starter server

      I agree with you, I ditched it when they started blocking the piracy communities though… I am unsure if they undo that movement as of now…

  • DosDude👾@retrolemmy.com
    7·
    3 days ago

    Most instances to be honest. Just make note of the blocked instances and see if they don’t block anything you wish to see.

    Unless you want local to be diverse, that is.

  • MrShankles@reddthat.com
    2·
    2 days ago

    I like ‘Reddthat’; it’s smaller size makes it feel cozy and responsive to their community. I have accounts on multiple instances, but reddthat is what I’m using 95% of the time

  • WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    2 days ago

    I recommend just signing up for another instance or five.

    IMO, there’s really no reason to “move” on Lemmy. If you see an instance that looks interesting, sign up for it. Spend some time there and poke around and see how it’s different (they’re all at least subtly different, since they all have different sets of federated instances and subscribed communities). If you see another one that interests you, sign up for it too. Keep going like that and eventually you’ll find yourself settling into one or maybe a few not because you took a guess or followed someone else’s recommendation, but because they simply turned out to be the ones you liked best.

    I have no idea how many instances I’ve signed up for over the last couple of years - a couple of dozen at least. Of those, I generally have three or four that I use the most, though the specific ones have changed, as some of my earlier favorites have gone notably downhill or have shut down and new favorites have arisen.

    All that said, overall I’ve been most satisfied with this account - Sopuli.xyz. I also spend a fair amount of time on dbzer0, lemm.ee and Fedia.io (which is notable because it’s not Lemmy, but mbin, which is an entirely different piece of software that offers all the same basic functionality of Lemmy, but is formatted a bit differently, and in many ways is actually better than Lemmy). I have a .world account, and in fact it’s my oldest account, but I find myself using it less all the time.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      The problem with that is that if you’re someone who comments in a lot of threads, you have to keep switching between the accounts to see if someone responded to you. I made a second account when .World was dealing with all the attacks, but I find I rarely use it for that reason.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      Why? You can block instances from the user side, why bother if the main instance is federated with them?

      • Serinus@lemmy.world
        31·
        2 days ago

        It’s weird to be in a comment chain where you’re not seeing the replies that other people are seeing.

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtf
    54·
    2 days ago

    What’s wrong with lemmy.world though? It’s the biggest general server and will probably outlast most others.