Probably a very polarizing question.

On the one hand, having most of the users and communities on LW causes technical issues (see this post), and also gives the LW staff too much power over Lemmy as a whole.

On the other hand, with 18k MAU on LW out of 47k (https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy/), every community listed there has a much higher chance of visibility compared to an alternative hosted on another instance

  • @BlazeOPEnglish
    7•2 months ago

    Indeed.

    Ideally, avoid the top three or five. That will naturally lead to a healthier balance.

    That’s probably good for Mastodon, but for Lemmy there isn’t so much choice. My rule of thumb, in order is

    • 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
      • @BlazeOPEnglish
        4•2 months ago

        Now you understand 😄

        They have a strange issue with their frontend, the instance is still running, and can be accessed using other front ends, but as you can see, not the best experience for a new joiner