Lemmy is federated. You can interact with other instances by design. Being on a small instance may even be better as it's less likely to be overloaded, which is

Lemmy is federated. You can interact with other instances by design. Being on a small instance may even be better as it's less likely to be overloaded, which is a current issue with the largest instances. Running an instance of your own, for just yourself is a primary way to use federated services.