Since the lemmy.world admins here are refusing to clarify their own rules, selectively enforcing their vague rules, using communities for user counts before banning them and just being, well, spez-like, it’s time to find a new home.

So far, I am liking lemmy.ml, but I still have a list I am going through.

Where are you going?

Oh, before you go, make sure to file a CCPA or GDPR data deletion request. If they are so inclined to “stay legal”, they can start with those items.

  • It's Maddie!
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    2411 months ago

    I went with sh.itjust.works personally, mostly because I liked the name, it’s been good so far

      • @Wollang@sh.itjust.works
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        111 months ago

        Had the same issue. It’s apparently been a problem for some time now. I ended up using my back up email to sign up.

    • @Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi
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      411 months ago

      Same thing for me with iusearchlinux.fyi, but before joining I had to leave lemmy.world after I had issues logging in. I could reset my password and login that way but I couldn’t actually login using the form. It was an issue lemmy.world had at the time, but not iusearchlinux.fyi

  • @TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee
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    2211 months ago

    Lemm.ee has been working well for me, but I haven’t been paying too much attention to the admins. I mostly left lemmy.world because of the downtime

  • AnonymousLlama
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    11 months ago

    The vast majority of comments in here seem to be focused on the attitude of “why you trying to start shit

    But legitimately from an outside presiding perspective, which instances have people found to be decent, there seems to be a heap of Lemmy instances, each with their own rules and vibes, so what’s the go?

    • @remotelove@lemmy.worldOP
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      411 months ago

      They can do that! As a matter of fact, I support compliance with local regulations.

      The problem is, they aren’t. They are picking and choosing laws to follow. Their instance is located in Germany, but yet, their marijuana legalization laws are only in draft: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2023/07/10/germany-unveils-draft-bill-to-legalize-cannabis/?sh=5ed53b322726

      They are using the justification that “some things are illegal in some countries” as grounds for community suspension, yet, they are picking and choosing.

        • @remotelove@lemmy.worldOP
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          The instance is in Germany from what I understand. Regardless, their justification was that shrooms are illegal in most places. That being their main point sets up the contradiction that I am referring to. It casts a bit of doubt on the intent and how to interpret rule 1.

          The admins don’t have to abide by their rules, but we do.

    • Neon
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      411 months ago

      me on my way to join your instance

        • kratoz29
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          111 months ago

          I’d love that I could surf instances, from mobile apps.

  • ijeff
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    This is new territory for most instance admin and a volunteer effort. If you haven’t already, I’d encourage you to consider sharing constructive feedback with them as a first step instead.

    As for finding new instances, it’s generally recommended to visit https://join-lemmy.org/instances.

        • @sirfancy@lemmy.world
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          No it’s just confirmation bias. He’s already made up his mind. Clearly the only things learned here is this thread is pointless, and this guy should find a different instance if he’s so hurt by the admins. Why does everything gotta be so dramatic on the internet

  • yukichigai
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    I was already considering switching over to kbin fully just because they’re set up to interact with both Lemmy instances and Mastodon. Unfortunately the Mastodon side still feels a bit janky, but I’m hoping that’ll change as time goes on.

    Definitely not going to stay with an instance that pre-emptively bends over for corporate interests. That’s one of the biggest reasons why I’m shifting away from Reddit in the first place.

    • @Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Definitely not going to stay with an instance that pre-emptively bends over for corporate interests.

      Which one are you thinking about? No instance has corporate interests AFAIK

      • ShittyKopper [they/them]
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        No instance has corporate interests AFAIK

        if you want to go “well technically…” there are some mastodon instances that are VC funded (mainly in japan, though i think there’s like 1 or 2 in english), a few explicitly hosted by companies like vivaldi (the browser people) and medium, and misskey the software has built in support for running ads (though no western instance does that to the best of my knowledge)

        none of them are lemmy, but they can all talk to each other

    • AnonymousLlama
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      Lots of upcoming bug fixes and improvements for kbin. It’s been a slow process but super keen to get them out finally

  • @Shortstack@reddthat.com
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    711 months ago

    The real answer is to have multiple accounts spread around on different servers just in case one server goes tits up or bans content you like to see. You should be treating accounts here as having a limited shelf life anyway for good internet hygiene purposes.

  • Corroded
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    I think it depends what you are looking for but I think a solid rule of thumb is to look at what communities you interact with the most and see what instances they belong to.

    If piracy is specifically what you are after I’d go for dbzer0. If it’s NSFW content that kind of complicates things.

    I decided to give leminal.space a try and I like it. The admins are nice and quick to deal with issues and make posts about changes in the instance.

      • Corroded
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        311 months ago

        That’s the instance I was using originally until they had the domain name issue. I’ve had issues getting their website to load and for some reason it’s on uBlock Origin’s EasyList.

          • Corroded
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            211 months ago

            Could be but I feel like they would have had their other website taken down if that was the case. I hope they address it in their monthly update post in September.