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Comparison of Lemmy Instances (github.com)
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I created a repo on GitHub that has a table comparing all the known lemmy instances

Why?

When I joined lemmy, I had to join a few different instances before I realized that:

  1. Some instances didn't allow you to create new communities
  2. Some instances were setup with an allowlist so that you couldn't subscribe/participate with communities on (most) other instances
  3. Some instances disabled important features like downvotes
  4. Some instances have profanity filters or don't allow NSFW content

I couldn't find an easy way to see how each instance was configured, so I used lemmy-stats-crawler and GitHub actions to discover all the Lemmy Instances, query their API, and dump the information into a data table for quick at-a-glance comparison.

I hope this helps others with a smooth migration to lemmy. Enjoy :)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's better with less choices for beginners actually. I remember a lot of people didn't get started on mastadon because they were afraid to pick an instance.

It's almost so it would be good if this could just be a checkbox "pick a good instance for me" and it would pick a medium populated instance from the list.