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I originally chose to make my account on lemmy.world since all the content seemed to come from there. But I've since learned that I can fill my feed with stuff from any instance so it feels like it doesn't actually matter if I'm on lemmy.world or not. At the same time, Lemmy.world seems to be frequently under attack so I'm wondering if I should change instance but have no idea what I should even be looking for when choosing.

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[–] GodOfThunder@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depending on which instances are blocked you will see different content in ones or others. Which is why I choose instance based on the minimum number of blocked users based on the results of this script.

[–] hawkwind@lemmy.management 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean blocked instances right? AFAIK an instances “blocked users” is not published in aggregate. You’d have to comb through the modlog.

[–] GodOfThunder@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

I don't know there is a lemmy-stats-crawler utility that does it automatically and produces a json file. So all I do is parse that json file to get the numbers.

[–] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

smaller instances give you more control over your feed generally but discovery is on you.

i do expect better filters and controls in the future

[–] DashboTreeFrog@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do feel like looking for a small instance is better from what I've read so far, but this is the first time I've heard control over my feed being different by instance, outside of instances defederating.

[–] jflorez@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I chose sh.itjust.works but since then I’ve realized that it would be better to support instances that are local to me so I think I’ll move to an Australian instance. Supporting local instances might help with regional growth