3d ago

I'm going to miss lemm.ee.

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I'll be honest i don't get what people differentiate so much about instances. most of the time i don't even notice what instance people I'm talking to are from, what instance the community in browsing is from, what instance the meme I'm viewing is from... is it about the software you're using that you're so aware of these things?
- To me, it's mostly how an instance is ran. How it makes its decisions: defederating or not, and with whom, how they handle complaints, how they handle bans, etc. makes a difference in both the communities it hosts and its members.
  There's also the matter of user culture. Some instances, like Beehaw, Lemmygrad, and Hexbear are known for a certain user culture. Some users might steer clear away from certain instances because of that perceived user culture.
  And then there's the issue of defederation stance. It might not be readily apparent, or affect your user experience in a big way, but for some users, it's a factor. This is also where lemm.ee made its mark. It basically used defederation as a last resort, and some users were drawn to that.
  
  That's why I was here. I've already made a few more accounts just to have backups in case this happens again, but I really really enjoyed how I could see most of the Fediverse, and could block with my own settings if I didn't like the way another instance was ran. I will miss it. :'-]
  
  I'm in the same boat. I do not like defederation. So where do we go? Any other instance with the same openness? I don't know details about instances, but I know I'd like to avoid .world though.
  
  Is blocking an instance the same as defederation? I found lemmy.today the other day and they don't block any instances.
  
  .ml is basically federated with everyone
  
  I honestly haven't put too much thought into it yet, but I joined sh.itjust.works and db0 because I've seen some of their users around and thought they were cool. :O
- Community cultures, mostly, as trimmed and pruned by admins. Most instances I don't notice massive differences in, with a few exceptions.
- Different admins; some instances federate with some, some block others.
- If your display settings don't show the full username, there's no way to tell really. Voyager and Alexandrite show then by default. I think people just like to root for teams inherently and the interinstance drama is kind of fun. If you're on Lemmy a lot you start to recognize people and their main instance, there really aren't that many of us.
- Well, that is unless they are coming from .ml 😒
  
  Rich coming from a .worder
  
  You mean the biggest instance that is still federated with close to everyone?
  There is a reason for that you know.
  
  Yeah, because they're the one that tries the most to be exactly like Reddit, so all the Redditors end up there.
- unless its coming from .ml, hexbear or lemmygrad. the comments cant get annoying.
  
  With .ml you can sometimes still have a good discussion. Maybe because the community is so big. And not everyone who joins knows ml stands for Marxist-Leninist.
  But those other 2 are chock full of extremists.
  
  But those other 2 are chock full of extremists.
  I always saw those two as something like far left indoctrination camps where people learn and practice astroturfing techniques.
- Childish people love to argue about childish things.

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