Following the spirit of spreading across the Fediverse (and because my main instance is down so many times, because diverse reasons) I’m intrigued about the joining instance process, because I honestly don’t know what criteria to have in order to join another one if I ever want to do it.

That made me curious of how you decided to join?

I firstly join to lemmy.fmhy.ml thanks to Spez and a Reddit post from FMHY subreddit, then the tragedy occurred, then I joined to lemmy.world which is/was my main one because I pictured it like a good home, then lemmy.fmhy.net revived and I am with them too, but seems like they are in a bit of trouble with the server, finally now I am in lemm.ee, but only because I just wanted another backup, not because I searched for it especially (also it was mentioned in a comment about smaller instances and one user from here throw a joke to not join here because it sucks so that way the server would be more stable, so yeah, I joined).

To be clear I am not in search for yet another instance (that sounds like a good instance name to be fair), I just want to know how the deciding process is for you, is it just random? Is it because of personal tastes?

I couldn’t care less about NSFW stuff, I don’t search for it specifically, but my day won’t be ruined if I see a tit.

I like gaming, tech, Linux, SBC gaming, emulation, macOS, Android stuff etc (yeah how original) should I look for an instance dedicated to that if I ever want to join yet another one? Because I see topics like this in almost any instance.

I read you lemmings!

EDIT: BTW the migration process has been easier for me thanks to LASIM, so I wouldn’t be scared if I ever want/have to migrate again.

      • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        451·
        1 年前

        We started a regular fediverse instance because we wanted a space for queer and gender diverse folk to be safe, on something that wasn’t Mastodon or Mastodon derived.

        Once we had that running, we spun up a lemmy instance just to check it out, and it sat there basically only used by me, until Reddit Day came along, and our userbase went from 3 to 3000 in the space of a week. So now, our lemmy instance serves the same purpose as our main instance, which is to provide a safe space for our community, but focused on lemmy/the threadiverse

        • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          13·
          1 年前

          It’s good to hear that even small instances benefitted from Reddit Day and not just lemmy.world

          • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            20·
            1 年前

            Every instance that pre-dated Reddit Day saw crazy growth during the migration.

            We were around long before lemmy.world, and despite the small userbase, we had a couple of popular (at the time) communities used by the rest of the lemmyverse.

        • legopika@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          1 年前

          And a thank you for the safe space! It’s what drew me to your instance when I found it!

          Especially since most of what I was browsing on Reddit was trans or queer subs.

      • AnonymousLlama@kbin.social
        4·
        1 年前

        It’s a good option for when you want to follow every instance and not be beholden to the server admin randomly de-federating an instance they don’t agree with personally (which was one one of the issues Reddit faced, mods with their own agenda)

        If you run your own instance you can choose exactly what you get to interact with

      • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
        5·
        1 年前

        One of my favorite parts of lemmy has been seeing what niche servers users come in from. The interconnectivity makes it feel like a universe of forums.

        The smaller community sizes adds to that forum-vibe, I think.

  • Grownbravy [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    405·
    1 年前

    I’ve been on Hexbear the entire time. It’s inclusive, yet has zero tolerance for reactionary attitudes.

    Also since federation we actually have been complaining the quality of posts we see have gone down. You all lack an energy that made r/cth and hexbear such a breath of fresh air.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    332·
    1 年前

    i joined chacha as a lifeboat years ago when the CTH reddit got banned and stayed as it became Ursus hexagonalis. the lack of ads, the memes, irreverence for institutions combined with respect for humans, and the absolute god-tier emoji selection is what keeps me here.
    meow-fiesta

    also, the megathread topics are very interesting/informative as a People’s History, since many of the stories come from the “periphery” for all my world systems nerds out there. living in the imperial core, the constant cacophony of cultural outputs and hegemonic discourses, i appreciate any channel that connects me with post-colonial narratives, critical theory, etc.

    glasses-on fanon sankara-salute

  • MelllvarEnglish
    332·
    1 年前

    I followed the Daystrom Institute community from reddit to startrek.website.

    • Especially_the_liesEnglish
      11·
      1 年前

      I have a few different accounts. One on lemmy.world, but that’s been down so much, I decided I needed a backup, and quite frankly, the fact that there’s an entire Trek instance made my choice of a backup a no-brainer.

    • DisgustoidEnglish
      8·
      1 年前

      Even though I was on Reddit for 9 years, I never frequented r/startrek until this year and saw the mod posts about starting a fresh Lemmy instance. Being a member of the Federation in the Fediverse just really appealed to my geek brain.

  • skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de
    25·
    1 年前

    moved there from lemmy.world because of downtime and also unclear, sloppy defederation policies. i’ve never seen a clear explanation why it took a month to defederate exploding heads (allowing their userbase to grow 3x) and week for rammy site, but hexbear gets defederated “preemptively”. ???

    also now i see beehaw content which is something i didn’t expected, but it’s cool