when I started here there were not many people and only some instances were big enough to interact. Have you been to .ml? only crazy ppl. So I came to world and prayed for the best
this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2026
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while there might be some crazy people like that man of them have different options to the status quo and provide me with food for further thought. That doesn't mean I agree with everything there, but that thay the same with any instance.
i find how we are in this world isn't because of the likes of the opinions on .ml bit the apathy and opinions of the average voter and citizen, so normal (as in under the bell curve) is the new crazy.
an example
Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction.” — Kurt Vonnegut
this is the US now for example...
i wanted an instance that wasn't defederated from them.
Seconing this. Plus I didn't know that many instances, and was too lazy to change.
I went with .ml because (IIRC, I might be wrong) that was the instance that the people who made Lemmy used. I'm not wild about how .ml censors some words but it doesn't bother me enough to change.
I didn't know about instances, it was the first one that popped up. 🤦
My girlfriend
Your girlfriend is on the Instance or created the instance?
She is on it
Well the german feddit.de stopped working where I initially was after the reddit exodus thing. Feddit.org became the best successor. They have a sensible block list and a lot of german and european communities so I like it here. And I think the mod team is doing a pretty good job
Tee hee, funni name.
[+based in Canada]
"Shit just works." Oh good! I like it when shit just works!
Instance??
The server you're on!
Like how you're on infosec.pub, the OP is on break3.social, the community (subreddit equivalent) is on lemmy.world, and I'm on pawb.social. :3
-- Frost
More reliable than lemdro.id, European (low ping) and it isn't .ml or lemmygrad.
It would be weird to host an instance without using it...
I didn't give a shit
My account on the old nsfw stopped working because apparently someone shit the bed or stopped doing something or whatever
It's not something that I care about, so I just did whatever
I have no idea what instance I'm on
I don't even know what instances are, or what difference it makes
You know, I actually love reading this. People complain a lot about how complicated the fediverse/lemmy/whatever is and they cannot even sign up, yada yada. And yet here you are, not giving a damn about it all and still you manages to make an account and you are here. Kudos to you!
You are on lemmy.world
You can see the instance others are on by the @ after their name. If they don't have one, they are local to you.
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maintainer is from my country, rules are good and reasonable, nice local content, no local drama
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Very small blocked list and doesn't block NSFW. Users should make their own choices. Also awesome stats every month.
This is probably the first sharkey post I see on lemmy. It looks really good, nice.
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I heard people I respect talk about it in ways I enjoyed :)
The public feed, rules, etc. also looked like a good match for me. And I'm absolutely grateful to be able to post from here!
After reaching out and proving I was human, the admins agreed to activate my account manually so I didn't have to enter a valid email address.
HALT! Surprise mandatory sock inspection!
Best I can do at the moment
Still wearing my caterpillars
This will suffice. Carry on! :)
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I needed to make a new account when lemm.ee shut down and feddit.uk was the first one that came to mind. I'm not even from the UK.
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Its name.
Blåhaj.
Gender dysphoria
Kbin was my first, shit was fucky with it for a bit so I changed. No complaints about world (Yet anyhow)
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