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It's been a while, which Lemmy instances should I be on? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 4 hours ago by SidTheShuckle@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I haven’t checked Lemmy for a long time but I wanna get off Reddit again, yet I still need to know how many users are on here. Which lemmy instances are suitable to me, the most popular, and which ones to avoid? For context, im queer, anarchist with DemSoc leaning, and environmentalist. Is there a comprehensive list of all the instances and their main functions? Is the instance I’m on still workable? Any feedback would help, thx. <3

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 16 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It's hard to guess why you're dissatisfied with blahaj.zone. Far as I know it still has a good reputation.

[–] SidTheShuckle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

If blahaj.zone is still great then im proud to be on this instance :3 im just exploring other options in case

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 hours ago

i no longer like lemmy blahaj.... cause i like piefed blahaj 💙

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

If you like Blahaj then there is also a Piefed Blahaj instance now! I like Piefed over lemmy, I don’t know if they’ve added it to lemmy since I left but I really like being able to mute replies. It has other features lemmy lacks too, like being able to block an entire instance or make feeds (multireddit like function).

[–] SidTheShuckle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

ooh is there a list of piefed instances from most popular to most endorsements? And specifically ones that tailor to solarpunk/anarchism/lgbtq+? i wonder why everyone shifted to piefed? is it because one of the lemmy devs had a controversial past?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

If you go here you can sort by size, uptime, etc, I’m not sure if anyone has made a curated list anywhere. There’s only a few instances with 100+ users, but since you’re seeing all the same fediverse content anyway it doesn’t matter much. My policy was to just pick an instance I trusted (already trusted Blahaj, so that was easy).

I would say it’s probably a good idea to pick an instance with at least 30-40 people, because the more people who have subscribed to remote communities, the more content will automatically federate to the instance (therefor making it easier for you to find new content).

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago

+1 for more fellow PieFeds

[–] Fugit@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

ooh is there a list of piefed instances from most popular to most endorsements?

There's a built-in instance list on piefed when you click on "register". It's sorted by server speed. The most popular must be piefed.social.

And specifically ones that tailor to solarpunk/anarchism/lgbtq+?

In reverse order, piefed.blahaj.zone for a lgbtq+ instance, and anarchist.nexus as well as quokk.au for anarchist ones. @povoq@slrpnk.net mentioned the possibility of a solarpunk piefed instance in the past, but it's yet to become something concrete.

i wonder why everyone shifted to piefed? is it because one of the lemmy devs had a controversial past?

I think it's half because piefed has more features, develops faster than lemmy, and half because the lemmy devs are pricks (one being a transphobe, and the other not being all that bothered by it).

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago

@povoq@slrpnk.net mentioned the possibility of a solarpunk piefed instance in the past, but it’s yet to become something concrete.

We don't plan to setup a separate Piefed instance, but we want to migrate our main Lemmy instance to Piefed sometimes early next year, but there are still some unknowns if the migration will be feasible or not.