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Which instance is better and why?

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 45 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 28 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 18 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No, that’s butter.

‘Better’ is a pre-release stage of software development.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No, that's beta.

'Butter' is hitting something a lot.

[–] the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

No, that’s batter

“Beta” is a brand of water filtration systems.

[–] SharpieThunderflare@lemmy.ca 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

No, that's Brita.

Better is the name of a commonly kept freshwater fish that's very territorial against other members of its species.

[–] fake_meows@lemm.ee 10 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

No, thats Betta.

Better is a taste similar to sour.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

No, that's bitter.

Better are the people that gamble a lot.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago

No, that's 'bitter'.

Better is an Italian firearms producer.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

a semiliquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water used in cooking, especially for making cakes or for coating food before frying.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

the taste sensation that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and is characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 32 points 19 hours ago

lemm.ee

There’s too many people and communities on world. It’s good to spread out

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 24 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Make one on both and see which one suits you better.

Afaik lemm.ee is a pretty normal instance with pretty normal people on it.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

Lemm.ee is my favorite, but the upload limit is low.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 5 points 14 hours ago

I'm a bit biased, but lemmee has great uptime and the admin is goodat maintaining the instance. There are monthly system and financial stats. For major changes to how things are run, they always post and ask for feedback from users, instead of just coming out with their own ruling.

They also leave it to the users to block instances they don't like. It can be a good or bad thing depending on your preference. If you want something more curated out-of-the-box, .world might be more up your alley. If you want to do it on your own, lemmee gives you more freedom to do so.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 15 points 18 hours ago

Lemm.ee. Helps decentralizing from LW

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 16 points 19 hours ago

Better for what? lemm.ee has had less controversies and is federated with more instances

[–] Oberyn@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Lemm.ee bcus dœsn't block piracy subs (registered this account before remembering lemmy.world blocks them , but tꝏ lazy to make account some where else and wish could export my (post|comment)s not just account settings)

[–] Maldreamer@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

Wait! Which piracy community does world bkoack? And is it possible to check all the communities or instances blocked by world?

[–] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Ƕy do you type like þat?

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Dragonfucker... 2!

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 11 points 18 hours ago

Any third instance that is less generic and more catered to your interests or physical location would be better.

Also keep in mind that lemm.ee does not defederate from a lot of instances - this is bad if you care about a well-moderated space.

[–] ERROR_100_000_100@infosec.pub 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

infosec.pub because lemmy.ml is de-feded

😎

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Are they also defederated from the rest of the tankie triad like lemmygrad and hexbear?

[–] ERROR_100_000_100@infosec.pub 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yea, its the largest instance that blocks all 3.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 3 points 12 hours ago

Hell to the yes! Think I've found my new instance! Only other instance I know of that's defederated from all 3 is lemmy.cafe but I can't post any images using that instance for whatever reason :o

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Neither. Never go for an instance thats at the top in terms of user count unless there is a specific reason to do so. This applies to all fediverse or decentralized services.

Go for any of the ones below the red line or sort this table by MAU and find one even further down. Excluding US based servers is also something to think about.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 11 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Counterpoint to this is that you may be in a dead instance that doesn't do updates or get maintained properly. You might sign on one day to find that you can't load any posts because the server is down or overloaded.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Not an issue with like the top 20

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 2 points 14 hours ago

I'm on my third account in a year or so precisely for the reasons I mentioned.

If an instance has multiple hundred active users, i doubt its going anywhere anytime soon. You can also just contact the admin of any server and ask how they fund it and what their future plans are. The "first seen" column also quickly gives you an idea of how long standing the server is.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago

Lemmy.ca is targeted at Canadians, feddit.org at German speakers (most of !main@feddit.org is in German). Blahaj is a trans-first space, programming.dev for programmers

Lemmy.zip and sopuli are indeed generalists

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Both. Why have one account? This isn't Reddit. Having alts on other servers is fine as long as you don't vote manipulate or use it for ban evasion.

[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 18 hours ago

Multiple accounts just gets exhausting

[–] guy@piefed.social 6 points 17 hours ago

Man I enjoy federation just because I don't need multiple accounts

[–] morbitm@lemm.ee 8 points 18 hours ago

Don't like having one post on one account and another post on the other account

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 7 points 19 hours ago

Almost anything is better than .world

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago

It’s just like the ‘What’s the best camera?’ Question.

Unless the instance your account is on has been defederated by a bunch of people and/or .world, the best account is the one you already have.

[–] xploit@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

For general use more or less either of them, or dbzer0 or lemmy.ca or a few others you would have seen in your feed by now.

Localized instances are fine too, not sure if sync is still an issue, but if it is just view scaled, or 24hr or longer view.