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Which instance is better and why?

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, that’s butter.

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, that's beta.

'Butter' is hitting something a lot.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, that’s batter

“Beta” is a brand of water filtration systems.

[–] SharpieThunderflare 14 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No, thats Betta.

Better is a taste similar to sour.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, that's bitter.

Better are the people that gamble a lot.

[–] Kichae 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, that's 'bitter'.

Better is an Italian firearms producer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, that’s 'Beretta'.

Better is a German woman‘s name, which, prefixed by 'Big' is also the nickname given to a large German howitzer in WWI.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

No, that's Bertha.

Better is a hand-cranked tool used to scramble eggs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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 41 points 1 month ago

lemm.ee

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Lemm.ee. Helps decentralizing from LW

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Then maybe read up on the drama around Feddit.de which only narrowly made it to feddit.org...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not an issue with like the top 20

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Lemmy.ca is targeted at Canadians, feddit.org at German speakers (most of [email protected] is in German). Blahaj is a trans-first space, programming.dev for programmers

Lemmy.zip and sopuli are indeed generalists

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Monthly Active Users :3

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month 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)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ƕy do you type like þat?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're interested in communities like that, dbzero is a good place to look.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thank you! I will have a look. Do u also happen to know where I could check instances defederated or blocked by dbz?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I honestly don't know. I do my own blocking of users/communities/instances through the app. For me, dbzero is the best fit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Almost anything is better than .world

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Multiple accounts just gets exhausting

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

.world is a bit more generic and broad

.ee is more niche but personal

The users of .ee really turned me off the instance.