Following the spirit of spreading across the Fediverse (and because my main instance is down so many times, because diverse reasons) I’m intrigued about the joining instance process, because I honestly don’t know what criteria to have in order to join another one if I ever want to do it.
That made me curious of how you decided to join?
I firstly join to lemmy.fmhy.ml thanks to Spez and a Reddit post from FMHY subreddit, then the tragedy occurred, then I joined to lemmy.world which is/was my main one because I pictured it like a good home, then lemmy.fmhy.net revived and I am with them too, but seems like they are in a bit of trouble with the server, finally now I am in lemm.ee, but only because I just wanted another backup, not because I searched for it especially (also it was mentioned in a comment about smaller instances and one user from here throw a joke to not join here because it sucks so that way the server would be more stable, so yeah, I joined).
To be clear I am not in search for yet another instance (that sounds like a good instance name to be fair), I just want to know how the deciding process is for you, is it just random? Is it because of personal tastes?
I couldn’t care less about NSFW stuff, I don’t search for it specifically, but my day won’t be ruined if I see a tit.
I like gaming, tech, Linux, SBC gaming, emulation, macOS, Android stuff etc (yeah how original) should I look for an instance dedicated to that if I ever want to join yet another one? Because I see topics like this in almost any instance.
I read you lemmings!
EDIT: BTW the migration process has been easier for me thanks to LASIM, so I wouldn’t be scared if I ever want/have to migrate again.
I’m the admin :P
Why’d you start an instance?
We started a regular fediverse instance because we wanted a space for queer and gender diverse folk to be safe, on something that wasn’t Mastodon or Mastodon derived.
Once we had that running, we spun up a lemmy instance just to check it out, and it sat there basically only used by me, until Reddit Day came along, and our userbase went from 3 to 3000 in the space of a week. So now, our lemmy instance serves the same purpose as our main instance, which is to provide a safe space for our community, but focused on lemmy/the threadiverse
It’s good to hear that even small instances benefitted from Reddit Day and not just lemmy.world
Every instance that pre-dated Reddit Day saw crazy growth during the migration.
We were around long before lemmy.world, and despite the small userbase, we had a couple of popular (at the time) communities used by the rest of the lemmyverse.
And a thank you for the safe space! It’s what drew me to your instance when I found it!
Especially since most of what I was browsing on Reddit was trans or queer subs.
Yes! Big same
It’s a good option for when you want to follow every instance and not be beholden to the server admin randomly de-federating an instance they don’t agree with personally (which was one one of the issues Reddit faced, mods with their own agenda)
If you run your own instance you can choose exactly what you get to interact with
Yeah this one right here. I run my own little instance, made it easy to choose.
One of my favorite parts of lemmy has been seeing what niche servers users come in from. The interconnectivity makes it feel like a universe of forums.
The smaller community sizes adds to that forum-vibe, I think.
I like “universe of forums” as a descriptor.
Irreverent commentary, staunchly pro LGBT community, correct opinions
correct opinions
Smh fucking liberal
Happy Molotov day
Best emojis
I was on lemmygrad at first but then they banned me for being a liberal so now I’m on hexbear
Come for the dirt bag leftism, stay for the aggressive anti-bigotry initiatives and correct takes.
Because we have a dope ass bear
aww I want a bear
Join us, we have the best bear
We got em
we also have
in every possible pride flag 
and more
I’m the admin of mine and also like books and writing
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I’ve been on Hexbear the entire time. It’s inclusive, yet has zero tolerance for reactionary attitudes.
Also since federation we actually have been complaining the quality of posts we see have gone down. You all lack an energy that made r/cth and hexbear such a breath of fresh air.
Came to Hexbear because the CTH subreddit was kill and I really hate trying to follow a super active Discord, then TC69 lead the purge of the rightists and it became so good that basically no other website scratches my social media itch anymore. Reddit’s still useful since there’s so much archived content on places like /r/linux but that’s the only reason I go there anymore, Lemmy as a whole seems pretty cool though.
I still remember the sub
I started with Lemmy.world but then moved to Lemmy.nz because it was faster.
Fair enough.
I’m on both, but using memmy on iOS I really don’t even notice which instance I’m on anymore. It takes me back to using Apollo
i joined chacha as a lifeboat years ago when the CTH reddit got banned and stayed as it became Ursus hexagonalis. the lack of ads, the memes, irreverence for institutions combined with respect for humans, and the absolute god-tier emoji selection is what keeps me here.
also, the megathread topics are very interesting/informative as a People’s History, since many of the stories come from the “periphery” for all my world systems nerds out there. living in the imperial core, the constant cacophony of cultural outputs and hegemonic discourses, i appreciate any channel that connects me with post-colonial narratives, critical theory, etc.
Been here on Chapo chat, now hexbear since the beginning. Joined before federation was even a thing. Only instance with mandatory pronouns, one of a few with good political takes.
I followed the Daystrom Institute community from reddit to startrek.website.
I have a few different accounts. One on lemmy.world, but that’s been down so much, I decided I needed a backup, and quite frankly, the fact that there’s an entire Trek instance made my choice of a backup a no-brainer.
Even though I was on Reddit for 9 years, I never frequented r/startrek until this year and saw the mod posts about starting a fresh Lemmy instance. Being a member of the Federation in the Fediverse just really appealed to my geek brain.
Piracy 🏴☠️
I was on r/chapotraphouse before we got banned from Reddit. I joined chapo.chat after it was made by old r/cth users, and chacha became hexbear.net like maybe a year later.
