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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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[–] Wren@lemmy.today 17 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I joined Lemmy.today to see all the instances, they don't block anyone. I expected chaos, but it's richer. To be fair, I rarely browse 'All,' instead sticking to subscribed coms where the backwards-speaking wanderers from hexbear are more of a feature than a bug.

Now it's my main account.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 points 3 hours ago

Browsing /subscribed only is definitely the way.

[–] 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

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.

[–] nebajoth@piefed.ca 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

none. join a piefed instance instead.

[–] SidTheShuckle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

is there an introduction to piefed instances anywhere? what happened to lemmy that caused ppl to migrate to piefed?

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

https://join.piefed.social/try/ has a list. There just arn't that many yet but https://anarchist.nexus/ is a solid choice.

[–] oculi@anarchist.nexus 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Well for anarchist/queer/pro-environment, Lemmy.dbzer0.com slrpnk.net and (kinda) Lemmy.blahaj.zone, not officially but tons of anarchists there.

Another important thing to consider is federation policy (if you're looking to make accounts there and not just browse comms from your current acc:)). For example Dbzer0 is the most lax and blahaj is the most moderated, not necessarily good or bad it just depends on what you personally want.

Edit: also welcome back to lemmy !

[–] SidTheShuckle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Is there an overview of the rules for all three instances? And which one is the most popular?

[–] oculi@anarchist.nexus 2 points 2 hours ago

Just check each one's sidebar and see what you like best :).

Iirc there is a website for this yes, but i can't get it right now, sorry. But off the top of my head, top to bottom: dbzer0,blahaj, solarpunk

[–] Saltycracker@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

To be honest since you can design everything by joining communities you like. I feel like it doesn’t matter

[–] SidTheShuckle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I would like to know which ones are tailored to my interests, so i dont wanna join something like .ml. I remember there used to be a sheet somewhere with endorsements but i cant find it anymore

[–] oculi@anarchist.nexus 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Interesting tool.

How is that ML only has two censures:

https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/lemmy.ml

ML is a tankie instance.

Also fascinating to see DB0 giving an endorsement to ML. Not surprising though.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

People probably don't want to defederate the flagship instance owned by the devs of the software they're using.

[–] oculi@anarchist.nexus 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Censuring completely defederates an instance (at least with threativore) and most instances aren't defederated with ml anyway, so this makes sense:)

It has recieved two hesitations tho, which are like censures but without defederation

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Ah I see. I didn't realize a censure had a technical component. That being said, by this point not much would be lost with a defederation from ML.

Still a mere two hesitations and tons of endorsements (including DB0).

ML are basically on par with Nazis; full endorsement of extermination of national identity/language/culture of "bad" ethnicities, support for russian Lebensraum, support for mass internment camps for "bad" ethnicities.

Sure, they deny this, but from memory all of the Nazis at Nuremberg pleaded not guilty.

[–] SidTheShuckle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

Yes! Thats the one i remember

[–] Luci@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 hours ago

There’s a couple of places you can look with info on the instances. I like the admins of my instance but I’ll be moving to their piefed instance instead.

Quick googling: https://join-lemmy.org/instances https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 6 points 4 hours ago

I’d guess the one which seems that it will last more, since you can subscribe to communities of any other instance. You’ll only see a difference if you browse only local posts.

In my case I chose infosec.pub because I want to browse it locally if I want, but my subscribed communities include memes and webcomics for some light time wasters.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 hours ago

Check out slrpnk.net! Environmentalist, anarchist-leaning, very inclusive, with excellent admins and renewable-energy-powered servers.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

Sh.itjust.works is fine if you want to join a mid-sized instance.

I personally find DB0 to be a bit suspect (they tolerate and sometimes enable tankies).

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago

Sh.itjust.works has been rumoured to have fascist views....

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think you should educate yourself a bit more on the subject

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

Please indulge me, my well educated friend.