Define 'better'
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
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A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk
No, that’s butter.
‘Better’ is a pre-release stage of software development.
No, that's beta.
'Butter' is hitting something a lot.
No, that’s batter
“Beta” is a brand of water filtration systems.
No, that's Brita.
Better is the name of a commonly kept freshwater fish that's very territorial against other members of its species.
No, thats Betta.
Better is a taste similar to sour.
No, that's bitter.
Better are the people that gamble a lot.
No, that's 'bitter'.
Better is an Italian firearms producer.
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.
No, that's Bertha.
Better is a hand-cranked tool used to scramble eggs.
a semiliquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water used in cooking, especially for making cakes or for coating food before frying.
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
lemm.ee
There’s too many people and communities on world. It’s good to spread out
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.
Lemm.ee is my favorite, but the upload limit is low.
Better for what? lemm.ee has had less controversies and is federated with more instances
Lemm.ee. Helps decentralizing from LW
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then maybe read up on the drama around Feddit.de which only narrowly made it to feddit.org...
Not an issue with like the top 20
I'm on my third account in a year or so precisely for the reasons I mentioned.
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
Who is MAU?
Monthly Active Users :3
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)
Wait! Which piracy community does world bkoack? And is it possible to check all the communities or instances blocked by world?
If you're interested in communities like that, dbzero is a good place to look.
Thank you! I will have a look. Do u also happen to know where I could check instances defederated or blocked by dbz?
I honestly don't know. I do my own blocking of users/communities/instances through the app. For me, dbzero is the best fit.
Almost anything is better than .world
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.
Multiple accounts just gets exhausting
Don't like having one post on one account and another post on the other account
Man I enjoy federation just because I don't need multiple accounts
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.
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.
.world is a bit more generic and broad
.ee is more niche but personal
The users of .ee really turned me off the instance.