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Is there a "normie" or more mainstream instance for Lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi! In thinking about how to help the fediverse grow, I wonder if there are more mainstream Lemmy instances?

I've pointed a couple folks to Lemmy.world and it's uhhh, pretty hard Left for them (as one girl, who volunteered for the Democrats said "I just got yelled at because I can't be Left wing unless I want to destroy capitalism? Which feels weird.") We're much farther Left than reddit which itself was definitely Left of centre...

I don't know if decentralized open source social media actually attracts many mainstreamers but assuming we want to grow the fediverse, I'd like to have somewhere I can point people to without feeling very nervous for them.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Please join a small instance. Lemmy doesn't work if people don't spread out. Just choose some small instance that seems chill. You can search and sub to any community. It really makes no difference.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Until the admin of a small instance decides to randomly leave the project one day and your account is gone forever. I've seen it happen multiple times and it's why I go for bigger or at the very least, long standing instances.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Well then idk what to say. Lemmy and the fediverse is a failed experiment. I mean what's the point if people just congregate into one huge instance? Kinda defeats the purpose, no?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I mean, there are still multiple large and/or long standing instances out there. It's not like there is only a single one of them. I would just generally encourage people to utilize those instead. And if they choose a smaller instance that they should be aware of the risks.