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[โ€“] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Does it really matter where you go? It's all federated together anyway, that's the whole point, isn't it?

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)
  1. It's not all federated together, Lemm.ee is more broadly federated than Lemmy.world, as an example. Lemm.ee can see Hexbear and Lemmygrad, you cannot, as a quick example. Federation and defederation policy dramatically impacts the experience.

  2. Many instances are specialized, like Lemmygrad with Marxism-Leninism, slrpnk.net with Solarpunk, mander.xyz with science, Hexbear as a left-unity instance, etc. Browsing locally is a fun experience for those into the instance subject.

  3. Some instances have only upvotes and no downvotes, some don't show vote totals period, or have other front-facing features. Some offer emojis, like Hexbear.net.

And more! All good reasons to put some thought in.

[โ€“] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, thank you! I didn't know it was like that. I also didn't know that what I was reading as nonsense slarpnik is "solaspunk" and I still have no idea what that is but I'll google it. Never heard of Mander either, want to check out whether that's useful to me. Thanks!

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

No problem! Solarpunk is an aesthetic-based social movement surrounding solar energy and climate activism, in a short descriptor. You can see the instance to see what I mean.

Here's a tool to find instances. I recommend sorting by most active, and checking whichever looks interesting to you.

[โ€“] Mr_Stellar@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Which would you say is the most neutral/ open to anything? Or I guess most federated?

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 21 hours ago

Lemmy.zip is a common broadly federated instance I think, but really, I'd suggest looking into instances aligned most with the type of content you like to see.

[โ€“] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 days ago (45 children)

https://lemmy.zip/ is the closest imo.

I see a few people recommending lemmygrad, lemmy.ml and hexbear, I don't really think you'd enjoy those servers too much unless you are interested in leftism/communism.

[โ€“] uuldika@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

also, people will assume you're a tankie just because your name ends with .ml ๐Ÿ˜ž

[โ€“] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only CIA.World users sauy that stuff.

[โ€“] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

cia.world gave me a giggle

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[โ€“] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Might i recommend lemmynsfw.com?

[โ€“] dil@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sh.itjust.works and lemmy.zip, not sure if shitjustworks is general purpose actually

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[โ€“] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 89 points 2 days ago (13 children)

The Voyager app now defaults to lemmy.zip. I really like sh.itjust.works fwiw.

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