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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not a cult, I swear! :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

db0 , i really like your server tbh but my monyet.cc is serving me currently well the fact that you have a photon , tensorrect etc as alternate frontends is kinda cool as well :p thanks man , we as a community appreciate your instance and its c/piracy -fellow pirate

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Shhh, don't tell

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Hehe yep

Edit: and i just realised i posted this from my other account and not my dbzer0 account lol. But point still stands

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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Beehaw is such a nice place to visit, but Iโ€™m too much of an asshole to live there.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

I'm enjoying Beehaw. I really haven't looked around at other instances that much, but it's pretty chill here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"I prefer the one I'm posting from." - every single response

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (4 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Was waiting for an instance admin lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

He's right. No bias, I swear.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Hexbear hexbear-logo The best community on the internet

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some really good artists at Hexbear too

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

o7 we love our big red mad comrades

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

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.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy.world for me.

It's generic, has a good list of communities, and the mods are legends with updates and transparency.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it weird to not have a favorite?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lemm.ee. I like the defederation policy, and in my experience the community and its admins have always been very responsive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

lemm.ee fans RISE UP!!!

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

lemmy.ohaa.xyz, cause its mine :D

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

now THATS the spirit!

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

As an American I prefer lemmy.ca

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I like mine because it is mine :)

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

hexbear and lemmygrad are fantastic. makes me feel very welcome and safe as a queer person (i am bisexual) that the admins will always crack down on queerphobia in any form. very cool for our trans comrades as well! lemmy.ml is a close third place, many cool ppl on there especially comrade dessalines.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (4 children)

mander.xyz is my favorite. Love and subscribed to the most of the communities it have.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

lemmy.blahaj.zone because im biased

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy.ca and sh.itjust.works

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

My favourite instance is lemy.lol because it uses 0.19 rc version, has short domain name, and nice UI theme, and that's why I choosed it for my account

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I like .world abit, but I'm a touch biased ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

My main is reddthat.com

Clear and open admins; smaller instance with room to grow; it's my personal favorite

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