I’m currently struggling to find my home. I have an account here at lemmy.ml, where most of my posts are, and one at kbin.

Why do you think your instance is the place to be?

  • wumpus@latte.isnot.coffeeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I was told it was better for load balancing if we didn’t all use the same one. So I just looked for one that had easy signups and didn’t seem overeager to block stuff. Apparently, some from this instance come form /r/china. I’m not, but I do drink coffee. Anyway, I think it’s working out so far; better than reddit anyway.

  • SinJab0n@mujico.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I actually made my home in the one hosting a previous reddit community I was fond of, just choose one u like.

  • Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I joined sh.itjust.works because my application at lemmy.one was taking a while and I mean, who doesn’t want to be a sh.it.head 🙃

  • Zifnab25@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Not gonna lie. I’ve got multiple accounts across platforms. But yours seems to be responding quickly and the content is solid, so… here I am.

  • hotdogcostanza@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    lemm.ee said it was newcomer-friendly and I was a newcomer so bingo bango there I went. I suppose I can always join a different instance if I need to but I’m still just getting a grip on this place so I’m good for now.

  • AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I joined mander.xyz because it has a central theme around the natural sciences. It could possibly include STEM content as well; there is an ongoing discussion about it. The admin(s) are present and very responsive.

    For anyone with a love of science and/or nature I recommend it highly as a home instance of Lemmy.

  • BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I have four!

    Beehaw was my first, when I joined it was 3rd or 4th most users, but had just been upgraded (per a pinned post) and had a cool community vibe. This was like a few days pre protest I think?

    Lemmy.one got made on the first day of the mass Exodus, and beehaw was STRUGGLING. I knew the mods were a small team and the server wasnt able to keep up so I went to a less populated instance.

    Reddthat.com is new and I haven’t used it yet, I went there because it seemed middle of the pack, and I wanted to have an account where I create a community.

    And then lemmynsfw is for…actually, I miscounted I only have three accounts.

  • KiranWells@pawb.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Was looking for a furry one, and pawb.social seemed to be well-run (since it was related to a couple of decently-sized Mastodon servers) and was generic enough (and not NSFW focused). There also seemed to be a decent number of technical people there as well (in fact, one of the Mastodon instances is furry.engineer), so it matched up with my other interests as well. I considered lemmyrs.org, but ended up not choosing it.

      • MaXsteri@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The instances page on each instance shows the instances that it is federating with, and there’s a section at the bottom which shows if ilthqt instance is blocking any others.

        E.g. https://lemm.ee/instances

        I don’t know of any way to see if that instance is being blocked by other instances, except to visit the instances page on every instance individually. Which isnt really practical.

    • burgersc12@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I like the domain and it wasn’t overloaded like most of the Lemmy.xx ones. I was torn between this and beehaw, glad i went with sh.itjust.works

      • SickIcarus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Me too. I actually put in an application for an account on Beehaw on day 1 just because they seemed to be the most active (before I understood how any of this works.) Never got a reply - I think we both dodged a bullet 🤣