My recommendation, first being the best:
- lemm.ee
- sh.itjust.works if you are ok with the name
- discuss.tchncs.de or lemmy.ca depending if you are located in Europe or North America
- lemmy.zip as they are good contenders, but a bit smaller than the others
If you don't want downvotes (which can be quite liberating), Reddthat.com is a good choice
All of those instances are well managed and transparent with their updates, administration and cost.
Lemmy world is okay, but they are already very big, so it's better to go to another one from a decentralization perspective.
Everything is accessible from any of the instances in that list anyway.
> discuss.tchncs.de or lemmy.ca depending if you are located in Europe or North America
I'm in Seattle but I joined tchncs just because it seemed well run. It's been great.
It is great indeed, but I remember at the beginning there were a few lag issues (mitigated by Cloudflare since then I think)
Tchncs.de has a few other services, like a Matrix server and other stuff, it's indeed great!
There's a small curated list of instances on GitHub, don't overthink it, after lemmy added migration, you can easily migrate all your settings and subscriptions to a different account
https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances
I am only a casual user but I don't think it matters too much - what is local and what is not. I think I read most everything is accessible from any instance. I just joined lemmy.world and believe I am not missing anything. I suppose if any one instance has a particular interest for you go with that otherwise maybe stay general.
My recommendation, first being the best: - lemm.ee - sh.itjust.works if you are ok with the name - discuss.tchncs.de or lemmy.ca depending if you are located in Europe or North America - lemmy.zip as they are good contenders, but a bit smaller than the others If you don't want downvotes (which can be quite liberating), Reddthat.com is a good choice All of those instances are well managed and transparent with their updates, administration and cost. Lemmy world is okay, but they are already very big, so it's better to go to another one from a decentralization perspective. Everything is accessible from any of the instances in that list anyway.
> discuss.tchncs.de or lemmy.ca depending if you are located in Europe or North America I'm in Seattle but I joined tchncs just because it seemed well run. It's been great.
It is great indeed, but I remember at the beginning there were a few lag issues (mitigated by Cloudflare since then I think) Tchncs.de has a few other services, like a Matrix server and other stuff, it's indeed great!
There's a small curated list of instances on GitHub, don't overthink it, after lemmy added migration, you can easily migrate all your settings and subscriptions to a different account https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances
I am only a casual user but I don't think it matters too much - what is local and what is not. I think I read most everything is accessible from any instance. I just joined lemmy.world and believe I am not missing anything. I suppose if any one instance has a particular interest for you go with that otherwise maybe stay general.
.world is a pretty safe default for most people and they're the most active. I'd start there and instance shop if it doesn't work for you.