Looking to make a change i think.

  • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    36·
    8 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·
      8 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
        2·
        6 days 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

        • LedgeDrop@lemm.ee
          3·
          4 days ago

          You will likely want to set up your own instance blocks

          As a former Redditor, I gave up on /r/all years before the enshittification (due to the poor signal to noise ratio) and started culling a list of meaningful subreddits. For me this was a game changer.

          If you plan on using lemm.ee (or any Lemmy instance) as a pre-curated r/all, I think you’re going to have a bad experience. Lemmy, in it’s current state, wasn’t really made for that (the sorting is too simplistic).

          For myself, I simply subscribe to the communities that I’m interested in. If I feel my daily feed is sparse, then I’ll look at what’s threads are trending in the entire fediverse and add those communities, then repeat. After following this process for a couple of weeks, I seldomly want/need to check the entire fediverse.

          I appreciate that Lemm.ee will let me choose the communities that I’m interested in, regardless of they happen to exist on Lemmy.world, hexbear, etc.

          • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            2·
            4 days ago

            Defederating is more than just blocking communities hosted on those instances. Most importantly, and the reason why most instances get defederated, is that it blocks comments.

            If your instance blocks hexbear, it blocks all comments from hexbear users. That also applies to all communities on other instances.

    • abbadon420@lemm.ee
      8·
      8 days ago

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

    • Sabre363@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      142·
      8 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·
      8 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.

        • hakase@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          8 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.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      10·
      8 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
      3·
      8 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?

      • theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        47·
        8 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
          8·
          8 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.

              • Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                2·
                4 days ago

                It’s definitely better to have the existing mods onboard than to try to compete with the existing community, which is why I asked you.

                Not sure if you ping went through, so I’ll ping @Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world too.

                Still a bit surprised you guys don’t have discussions regarding the community, that’s usually how we do it in the ones I mod, but you do you.

                • Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                  1·
                  1 day ago

                  Any plans to move !asklemmy@lemmy.world to another instance?

                  No. What would be the point? There’s already one on .ml, and another one I’ve seen on a smaller instance.

                  Still a bit surprised you guys don’t have discussions regarding the community, that’s usually how we do it in the ones I mod, but you do you.

                  We do. Periodically we get the community involved in deciding the rules. Rule 6 was recently introduced after a community poll.

  • WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
    4·
    8 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·
      8 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.

  • MrShankles@reddthat.com
    3·
    8 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

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      31·
      8 days ago

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

      • Serinus@lemmy.world
        32·
        8 days ago

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

  • Mickey7@lemmy.world
    34·
    8 days ago

    Lemmy Shit Post is the best for just a laugh and with little political nonsense