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It really feels as though something is concretely shifting. I am looking into standing up a Lemmy instance myself after enjoying perusing a few of the other co

It really feels as though something is concretely shifting. I am looking into standing up a Lemmy instance myself after enjoying perusing a few of the other communities.

tuchsen 3y ago
Yeah I've switched to Lemmy too. Signed up for "Behaw" and "Lemmy.world" because the main instance has some controversy attached to it. It was just slightly more difficult to get started, but the user experience so far has been pretty close to Reddit when using the "mlem" app on iOS. It's early days still, bugs need to be worked out, but I've not been back to Reddit since switching, it's good enough. It's only a matter of time before someone comes along and make an easy client that integrates multiple instances together into a seamless experience.
latency-guy2 3y ago
I haven't touched any of mastodon, kbin, or lemmy. I don't think much is changing at all.
- spicyusername 3y ago
  That makes sense. When you don't do something, you don't know about it.
  - latency-guy2 3y ago
    Is that how that works? Are you sure you're not overvaluing your beliefs?
    - fsflover 3y ago
      "I haven't touched any of your pesky, problematic internets. I go to clubs, enjoy traveling and hang out with girls. I don't think much is changing at all."
      - latency-guy2 3y ago
        Who are you talking to?
        fsflover 3y ago
        To you. My ironic quote shows how your words look to people who value decentralization. I hope that it could help you better understand another point of view.
        latency-guy2 3y ago
        I see, hopefully you decentralize yourself elsewhere.
    - spicyusername 3y ago
      Can anybody really be "sure" of anything?
      - latency-guy2 3y ago
        Well, it seems like someone here is.
    - antifa 3y ago
      I think you're overvaluing your attempted refutation of their belief, which is a plainly stated "I didn't even try it" with no further elaboration on why they'd be wrong. Personally, for Lemmy to take over reddit, I wouldn't be surprised if takes two additional future PR distasters for the final digg-style mass exodus to happen.
      - latency-guy2 3y ago
        > which is a plainly stated "I didn't even try it" with no further elaboration on why they'd be wrong. The parent of this thread is the exact same, except stated in positive terms towards the subject. But you are here faulting only me for that. Will you ask the same of the parent of this thread to elaborate? Why did you not ask the parent of this thread to elaborate before?
barbazoo 3y ago
Anyone got an idea what's a good instance for home automation?
- chaorace 3y ago
  Instances = Servers. Communities = Subreddits. What you're looking for are home automation communities, such as: - https://lemmy.ml/c/homeautomation https://lemmy.ml/c/homeautomation - https://lemmy.ml/c/homeassistant https://lemmy.ml/c/homeassistant - https://lemmy.world/c/homeautomation https://lemmy.world/c/homeautomation Regardless of which instance you specifically join, you can subscribe to all three of these communities to follow & participate in their discussions. Here's an instance browser to help you decide where you want to make your account: https://lemmyverse.net/ https://lemmyverse.net/ It generally doesn't matter which instance you sign up on, but here's a few guidelines if you just want maximum access with minimum hassle. This information isn't really particularly necessary, but it may help alleviate the choice paralysis if you happen to be anything like me: - Don't sign up for Hexbear -- it's a non-federated instance, so accounts there can't browse outside content. - Try to avoid joining the largest instances (5k+ users) -- large instances are more likely to be blocked by others for various reasons (e.g.: lemmy.world & sh.itjust.works are blocked by beehaw.org) - Try to avoid joining instances which specifically advertise themselves as catering to contentious or risque content (e.g.: lemmynsfw.com, burggit.moe, lemmygrad.ml) -- pretty self-explanatory why admins tend to like blocking these, I think! - Try to avoid joining small (<1k users) and/or joke instances -- if your home-instance goes down, your account & comments will disappear with it, so choose something that looks like it has some staying power. This will also help streamline your onboarding experience because bigger instances are generally more strongly connected to everything else in the threadiverse. - Still stumped? I can happily recommend my home-instance: https://lemmy.sdf.org https://lemmy.sdf.org -- not too big, not too small, highly innocuous content, and a long history of hosting robust fediverse servers.
  - barbazoo 3y ago
    Wow, thank you very much!
  - cli_shall 3y ago

It really feels as though something is concretely shifting. I am looking into standing up a Lemmy instance myself after enjoying perusing a few of the other communities.

tuchsen 3y ago

Yeah I've switched to Lemmy too. Signed up for "Behaw" and "Lemmy.world" because the main instance has some controversy attached to it. It was just slightly more difficult to get started, but the user experience so far has been pretty close to Reddit when using the "mlem" app on iOS. It's early days still, bugs need to be worked out, but I've not been back to Reddit since switching, it's good enough. It's only a matter of time before someone comes along and make an easy client that integrates multiple instances together into a seamless experience.

latency-guy2 3y ago

I haven't touched any of mastodon, kbin, or lemmy. I don't think much is changing at all.

spicyusername 3y ago
That makes sense. When you don't do something, you don't know about it.
- latency-guy2 3y ago
  Is that how that works? Are you sure you're not overvaluing your beliefs?
  - fsflover 3y ago
    "I haven't touched any of your pesky, problematic internets. I go to clubs, enjoy traveling and hang out with girls. I don't think much is changing at all."
    - latency-guy2 3y ago
      Who are you talking to?
      - fsflover 3y ago
        To you. My ironic quote shows how your words look to people who value decentralization. I hope that it could help you better understand another point of view.
        latency-guy2 3y ago
        I see, hopefully you decentralize yourself elsewhere.
  - spicyusername 3y ago
    Can anybody really be "sure" of anything?
    - latency-guy2 3y ago
      Well, it seems like someone here is.
  - antifa 3y ago
    I think you're overvaluing your attempted refutation of their belief, which is a plainly stated "I didn't even try it" with no further elaboration on why they'd be wrong. Personally, for Lemmy to take over reddit, I wouldn't be surprised if takes two additional future PR distasters for the final digg-style mass exodus to happen.
    - latency-guy2 3y ago
      > which is a plainly stated "I didn't even try it" with no further elaboration on why they'd be wrong. The parent of this thread is the exact same, except stated in positive terms towards the subject. But you are here faulting only me for that. Will you ask the same of the parent of this thread to elaborate? Why did you not ask the parent of this thread to elaborate before?

barbazoo 3y ago

Anyone got an idea what's a good instance for home automation?

chaorace 3y ago
Instances = Servers. Communities = Subreddits. What you're looking for are home automation communities, such as: - https://lemmy.ml/c/homeautomation https://lemmy.ml/c/homeautomation - https://lemmy.ml/c/homeassistant https://lemmy.ml/c/homeassistant - https://lemmy.world/c/homeautomation https://lemmy.world/c/homeautomation Regardless of which instance you specifically join, you can subscribe to all three of these communities to follow & participate in their discussions. Here's an instance browser to help you decide where you want to make your account: https://lemmyverse.net/ https://lemmyverse.net/ It generally doesn't matter which instance you sign up on, but here's a few guidelines if you just want maximum access with minimum hassle. This information isn't really particularly necessary, but it may help alleviate the choice paralysis if you happen to be anything like me: - Don't sign up for Hexbear -- it's a non-federated instance, so accounts there can't browse outside content. - Try to avoid joining the largest instances (5k+ users) -- large instances are more likely to be blocked by others for various reasons (e.g.: lemmy.world & sh.itjust.works are blocked by beehaw.org) - Try to avoid joining instances which specifically advertise themselves as catering to contentious or risque content (e.g.: lemmynsfw.com, burggit.moe, lemmygrad.ml) -- pretty self-explanatory why admins tend to like blocking these, I think! - Try to avoid joining small (<1k users) and/or joke instances -- if your home-instance goes down, your account & comments will disappear with it, so choose something that looks like it has some staying power. This will also help streamline your onboarding experience because bigger instances are generally more strongly connected to everything else in the threadiverse. - Still stumped? I can happily recommend my home-instance: https://lemmy.sdf.org https://lemmy.sdf.org -- not too big, not too small, highly innocuous content, and a long history of hosting robust fediverse servers.
- barbazoo 3y ago
  Wow, thank you very much!
- cli_shall 3y ago