Lemmy.world for me.
It’s generic, has a good list of communities, and the mods are legends with updates and transparency.
I personally prefer using Lemm.ee, mostly because it’s the instance I started off with, but the problem with that instance is that it’s dry lol
Beehaw is a quieter experience than most because it has narrower federation, but you do tend to get a better signal to noise ratio since you miss the spammier instances - I like it.
Beehaw also doesn’t federate downvotes which I think is an improvement.
Beehaw is such a nice place to visit, but I’m too much of an asshole to live there.
Posting from a Beehaw account I think does have a psychological effect on me that causes me to naturally tone things down a bit. I think it’s been good for me.
Yeah and in addition to that the overall “be(e) nice” rule means that people are generally just a lot more pleasant to be around and less abrasive than what I see in some of the other larger instances.
Only issue is I recently opened another account because theyre leaving lemmy eventually and currently my posts dont federate and all my subscriptions are pending.
Only issue is I recently opened another account because theyre leaving lemmy eventually and currently my posts dont federate and all my subscriptions are pending.
Nothing’s concrete yet. I have accounts on several instances for their various advantages, but Beehaw is what I’ve settled on as my main “default” for now. The Subscribe Pending is a bug, I don’t think it affects your posts federating so they’re separate issues if that’s the case.
I’m enjoying Beehaw. I really haven’t looked around at other instances that much, but it’s pretty chill here.
I prefer sopuli.xyz
He’s right. No bias, I swear.
sopuli.xyz was my first instance because it was the biggest one that didn’t require registration approval, but after Lemmy became popular I switched to lemmy.world because sopuli was defederated from lemmygrad.ml
They’re defederated from mine too. Really odd.
I dunno why but everytime I see that, I misread it as SoPopular ;)
lemmy.sdf.org when it works; federation there is kinda fucked right now, so
I’m on lemmy.today for now.I accidentally posted it from SDF. Comment if you can see this.SDF has an extensive track record (* much longer than I have been alive*) of providing systems for the public good. If federation gets fixed (and it probably will eventually), I’ll be back on SDF.
Additionally, I generally don’t want the set of people I can connect with to be technically limited, like at all. Yes that includes “all the bad people” according to your (and my) individual worldview. If they’re going to exist, I would prefer to have advanced notice of the danger they pose. If you suck, I will block you.
I’m not against moderated or curated instances, and for most people that is probably the way to go, but it’s not what I personally need. Yes, this means that I occasionally get wild shit when I choose to scroll through All. Yes, that means I get various shades of genocide apologists and weird bigots, again when I choose not to browse by Local or Subscribed. That’s why I’m subscribed to a bunch of cool, moderated communities. I choose the content I see.
That is the approach I prefer for myself. Again, I understand that it’s not for everyone.
As far as instances where I’m not (yet) a member, lemmy.dbzer0.com is my favorite by far. Also while I don’t have any communities on their instance, the startrek.website people seem to always have something interesting to say.
I see you!
Personally I am pretty bias towards lemm.ee, mostly because it’s the instance I joined when starting out. I mostly do all because i personally don’t prefer using local communities. Don’t really care about federation, just like using lemmy either way
Hello! I can see you!
Is it weird to not have a favorite?
no
slrpnk.net :D
SLRPNK best instance
As an American I prefer lemmy.ca
lemmy.ohaa.xyz, cause its mine :D
now THATS the spirit!
I like mine because it is mine :)
Do you just host it for yourself and no other users are on it?
Me and a few friends
Every instance is good because every instance can interact with many other instances with comments, posts etc. So you arent really locked into one instance. its the magic of federation.
Lemm.ee seems pretty okay.
I don’t care much about instances though, I just use Lemmy like it’s Reddit and scroll through the home page and my subscriptions
mander.xyz is my favorite. Love and subscribed to the most of the communities it have.
For some weird reason, I can’t access that instance from work. Probably DNS related.
A lot of “weird” TLDs are just automatically blocked for security.
Like, realistically what site would your business/work utilize utilitytoolsales(.)xyz? Chances seem higher that would be a bogus site to harvest information.
Unfortunately fun social networks get affected lol
Yeah, I found out only after choosing that domain name… This TLD also gets penalized by the automatic e-mail spam detectors (like SpamAssassin). I wouldn’t pick the “.xyz” TLD if I were picking today 😅
Omg yes they are really bringing the best science communities.
unpopular hexbear because seeing both sides of the propaganda broadens my critical thinking more than echo chambers, yes-men, and logical fallacies being thrown my way instead of supporting data
The solution to being fed propaganda isn’t to seek out more propaganda.
This applies to waveforms, not misinformation.
Even a pencil can be used as a weapon if you’re clever ;) but I try to refrain from telling other people how to live their lives.
I respect the devotion to always collecting information from both sides, but if you think hexbear isn’t 100% echo chamber and logical fallacies, then I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you
lemmy.blahaj.zone because im biased
just like me…
