Yay! More centralisation!

2025-04-06 06:52:37

irelephant [he/him]🍭 via Fediverse memes

Irelephant@lemm.ee

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A picture of the Ben Affleck Smoking meme, with the caption “Me seeing people on reddit telling other people to go to lemmy.world”

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2025-04-06 06:55:32

drkt

drkt_@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Stop making good the enemy of perfect!

2025-04-06 06:58:21

irelephant [he/him]🍭

Irelephant@lemm.ee

Anywhere but:

lemmy[.]ml
lemmygrad[.]ml
lemmy[.]world
he xbea r[.]net

2025-04-06 07:23:39

A_Union_of_Kobolds

A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world

So like the big servers that everyone’s on, gotcha

2025-04-06 07:44:24

Omega_Man

Omega_Man@lemmy.world

Now explain why to the masses.

2025-04-06 07:59:26

Sunshine (she/her)

Sunshine@lemmy.ca

Don’t forget:

vegantheoryclub [.] org
tankies

2025-04-06 08:17:41

Cadende [they/them]

Cadende@hexbear.net

“I hate centralization, we should do less centralization”

posts a list of instances to avoid, 3/4 of which are actually much smaller in active users than his own, presumably just all instances he politically disagrees with

2025-04-06 08:42:37

mayo_cider [he/him]

mayo_cider@hexbear.net

I hate the communists on this platform developed by communists

2025-04-06 08:54:42

irelephant [he/him]🍭

Irelephant@lemm.ee

I don’t hate communists. The reasons I don’t recommend those instances are:
lemmy[.]ml - Censorship of pro-ukraine posts and comments
lemmygrad - see above; also defederated a lot.
lemmy[.]world - too big, has a lot of toxic people, some moderation issues
hex - defederated from most of the mainstream fediverse.

2025-04-06 17:01:48

Comtief

Comtief@lemm.ee

What a weird take. Its not promoted as an app for communists even if its made by them. Decentralized should mean that noone can enforce it to be communist.

2025-04-06 17:25:42

mayo_cider [he/him]

mayo_cider@hexbear.net

No, decentralized means the communists won’t get banned from your feed unless you block them yourself

2025-04-06 21:56:18

Frank Casa

frank@frank.casa

I think they meant that no one should be surprised that there are communists on a platform created by communists.

2025-04-06 13:25:22

JokeDeity

JokeDeity@lemm.ee

Here fucking here. 3 are blatantly full of Nazis and one is just Reddit.

2025-04-06 16:59:42

Comtief

Comtief@lemm.ee

Facts

2025-04-07 18:31:44

Xylight

Xylight@lemdro.id

Generally a result of decentralization is that subjectively bad instances can arise, but the entire point of decentralization is that they can exist. I don’t consider it a weak point.

2025-04-06 07:58:47

DahGangalang

DahGangalang@infosec.pub

Yeah, anything to get them from reddit is good.

Plus, once they get a feel for Lemmy and the wider fediverse, they can then migrate their account elsewhere.

2025-04-06 06:56:16

TabbsTheBat

TabbsTheBat@pawb.social

Well it is lemmy.world, so it makes sense that it should contain everyone in the world /j

2025-04-06 07:57:28

Sunshine (she/her)

Sunshine@lemmy.ca

It’s the worst. I wish people would stop doing that.

2025-04-06 08:04:03

Sunshine (she/her)

Sunshine@lemmy.ca

Lemmy.ml/Lemmygrad.ml/Hexbear = Tankies

Lemmy.world = Wackos

Sh.itjust.works = Jerks

2025-04-06 08:11:31

longjohnjohnson

longjohnjohnson@lemmy.ml

A lot of people start off on a major instance, then after finding and vibing with another instance, can move to that.

There’s tons of tools and things that allow for transfer of subscriptions and everything else so changing instances isn’t a big deal.

The important thing is to get them on Lemmy first.

2025-04-06 08:30:55

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Kolanaki@pawb.social

It’s one of the largest and one of the easiest to join. I’m certainly not going to suggest Pawb for 90% of people unless I know they are a furry, and I would never recommend .ml. SJW would be second, and I might suggest db0 if it doesn’t make you fill out an essay to join (I haven’t made an account there).

2025-04-06 08:42:14

NewDark [he/him]

NewDark@hexbear.net

Honestly, if they’re on reddit, they’re probably libs and that’s the closest to a default instamce. They complain enough about the leftist instances that the leftist adjecent folks will find their way eventually. It’s fine.

2025-04-06 09:53:02

WizardOfLoneliness [they/them, comrade/them]

WizardOfLoneliness@hexbear.net

I will never understand why people want to go from reddit to a place that’s just as shitty as reddit in all the same ways

2025-04-06 11:50:25

demesisx

demesisx@infosec.pub

Makes sense.

Lemmy.world is filled with censorship and genocide apologists. It’s basically an exact clone of Reddit’s culture of smug libs that look down their noses at other poor people while working tirelessly against their own best interest by supporting corrupt oligarchs that weaponize identity politics as a highly effective dog whistle.

2025-04-06 12:07:16

HobbitFoot

HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club

Part of the problem is that there isn’t a really good onboarding process that doesn’t involve getting people to join smaller instances.

Based on dev comments, they seem happy with Lemmy staying small, so there isn’t an organization pushing for an equal distribution of new members.

2025-04-06 13:17:04

Sheldan

Sheldan@lemmy.world

I don’t see the issue with recommending a generic instance, if your intend is to convert the generic user. It certainly is a better experience than saying ‘ok, so choose what you like from this list of instances’ and they don’t even know the implications or what that means.

The overcomplication of Lemmy is an issue, and this behavior tries to avoid that.

2025-04-06 13:24:38

JokeDeity

JokeDeity@lemm.ee

It’s literally just the Lemmy arm of Reddit. Same rules, same mods, same centrist users.

2025-04-06 13:51:11

taanegl

taanegl@lemmy.world

Ask Gemini to get a list of Lemmy instances, with user numbers, as well as weekly posts from the FediDB API and give a unique sequence of smileys per entry, and ultimately store it all in a JSON file.

Ask it then to create a slot machine UI that randomly selects an entry when the user pushes a button that looks like a lever, which if pressed will animate smileys rolling downwards in each slot until the slots align to the 3 smileys of the entry that has been chosen.

After the animation is complete you redirect the user to the platform directly.

2025-04-06 14:07:22

Coelacanth

Coelacanth@feddit.nu

The cold truth is that to onboard people in greater numbers you need a default instance recommendation. You just do. You absolutely cannot ask potential new users (many of which will - hopefully - be casual and not so tech savvy) to sit down and undertake a multi hour research project into finding an appropriate small instance for them. You cannot reasonably expect people to look into uptime, funding and defederation lists to make an informed decision about where to register. You just need them through the door and posting and commenting and voting.

Making a new account somewhere else is super easy and painless once they’re already here. We just need to get them here.

2025-04-06 20:04:51

Hazel『They/Them』

Hazelnutcookiez@lemmy.blahaj.zone

a generic instance is what most users need to actually make the move, if they like it or understand it better later they might choose a different insurance later, if not who cares they can still interact with others.

2025-04-06 21:49:31

JayGray91

JayGray91@lemmy.zip

I’m just going to post this old post again.

or for the lazy

Image/photo

2025-04-06 23:48:06

Etterra

Etterra@discuss.online

As long as they have more than two brain cells to click together. If they can’t get past the tiny technical barrier to entry then they can go somewhere else.

2025-04-07 00:10:21

jsomae

jsomae@lemmy.ml

What do you want them to do? Select an instance at random, to spread them out?

2025-04-07 00:34:52

Triasha

Triasha@lemmy.world

I registered with blahaj first but I couldn’t. Log in after a couple of months and never found a solution.

I came to Lemmy on my own but felt forced I to .World.

2025-04-07 02:14:40

Max

BrutallyHonestPOS@lemm.ee

lemmy.world does not allow the use of vpn to post. vpn is basic internet hygiene. do not go to lemmy.world if you care about that, our you will not be able to post.

you can join any federated instance instead.

one day later edit: i took my information from this post of a lemmy.world admin: lemmy.world/comment/12079632

I was made aware that users are able to post on lemmy.world while using a vpn. maybe their stance has changed?

aside from that, try to avoid joining the biggest instance and join smaller, federated instances instead. this reduces load and avoids centralization.

2025-04-07 11:39:54

LunarEwok

LunarEwok@feddit.uk

First post on Lemmy! and oh my word… never seen such an eclectic mix of flavours of people, positions and politics in a long time.

This decentralised thing could actually be a good thing: pulls people away from bubbles and echo chambers!

Just remember to play nice :)

2025-04-07 12:11:15

burgerpocalyse

burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world

i said it before but lemmy hates new users

2025-04-07 12:13:52

barneypiccolo

barneypiccolo@lemm.ee

I was forced to go to Lemmy after the post-inauguration bloodbath, but Ive liked it a lot, more than Reddit in many ways. I was getting really tired of the bots, puns, Russian Propganda, novelty accounts, TROLLS, etc.

OTOH, I feel like I can speak much more freely on Lemmy. Even before I got permabanned, Reddits Free Speech mission had become non-existent.

The downside of Lemmy is that some of my favorite subs don’t have an equivalent on Lemmy. For instance, the Reddit guitar subs are very active, but the few Lemmy guitar forums are nearly empty, with posts that are days, weeks, months, and even years, apart. I tried Googling “Lemmy Guitar” for ideas, and literally every link was about Motorhead.

So I welcome more quality Reddit immigrants, as long as all the Trolls stay over there.

2025-04-07 13:56:44

BradleyUffner

BradleyUffner@lemmy.world

“Lemmy is great, you can choose whatever instance you want! But fuck you if you choose that one.”

2025-04-07 15:00:23

satans_methpipe

satans_methpipe@lemmy.world

This

Thank you for the gold kind stranger

Boop

Heckin

General NPC replies

2025-04-07 20:06:28

glitchdx

glitchdx@lemmy.world

.world as far as I can tell, is a fairly good starting point for reddit refugees (like myself). I’m still annoyed by the lack of multis, so in order to keep my interests organized I have to have multiple accounts, but I’m otherwise fairly happy with it. Might migrate to another instance purely to get away from the .world vs .ml drama, and I’d encourage other reddit refugees to also migrate instances after becoming familiar with how lemmy works.