I have 3. Signed up to beehaw first because that’s what people recommended on Reddit. After a couple of days realised I’d prefer a mainstream server and went to ml. And then .world launched and with the better hardware and admin I moved again.
So it was all logical at the time but it means the total numbers across all instances are misleading. I’d say many users have at least 2 accounts.
I’ve signed up to Lemmy.ml first, because it seemed like the main instance. My application was taking too long and I thought I messed up somewhere. So I signed up on beehaw.
Street that they defederated, I understand and respect this decision but I want to see all the instances so I created an account on Lemmy.world.
Then I discovered the solarpunk instance (slrpnk.net) and realized that this is a nice small community that I want to be part of so I joined them. Now I think I’m settled.
I have 3. Signed up to beehaw first because that’s what people recommended on Reddit. After a couple of days realised I’d prefer a mainstream server and went to ml. And then .world launched and with the better hardware and admin I moved again.
So it was all logical at the time but it means the total numbers across all instances are misleading. I’d say many users have at least 2 accounts.
I signed up for beehaw, they took forever to review my application, so I signed up on world. I guess I do have two
I’ve signed up to Lemmy.ml first, because it seemed like the main instance. My application was taking too long and I thought I messed up somewhere. So I signed up on beehaw.
Street that they defederated, I understand and respect this decision but I want to see all the instances so I created an account on Lemmy.world.
Then I discovered the solarpunk instance (slrpnk.net) and realized that this is a nice small community that I want to be part of so I joined them. Now I think I’m settled.