What are some smaller Lemmy / Kbin instances that are just as good as lemmy.world
I’m just asking for recommendations in case, I feel like migrating to a smaller instance or maybe try kbin for a change (but I’ll miss the voyager web app)
It really depends on if you mean amount of content, or are ok with there only being maybe one post a day but that being a quality post worthy of discussion.
As a Michigan native, I thought I found a good one in midwest.social. Then once I got signed up, I noticed in the sidebar that it was a politics-focused sub. (I always blocked all of the politics content in Reddit, and now on Lemmy. I’m just here for cool/fun stuff about tech, videogames, and woodworking. Not to argue with people that don’t share the same beliefs as me.)
It is interesting how much the Fediverse leans on building communities, with the requirements that members have the same political & social ideologies as the admin.
Anyhow… I’m on lemmings.world now, after seeing the admin make a couple comments in this thread. So far, so good.
Everyone should support small instances. It would be horrible if the entire lemmy network consists of like 10 large instances. And if people don’t use the small instances, that will probably happen after a year or two.
Support all the people who has an instance and wants to contribute to the Lemmy network.
Go sign up right now, if only to have an alternate account when needed.
I moved to lemme.ee. i find the rules and regulations and reason for defederation in lemmy.world is so insane. and performance was also not good on lemmy.world. many users have made accounts on the server. Lemme.ee is fast and didn’t have any downtime till now.
I have my tiny instance that currently has 4 users, with me being the most active. I update Lemmy regularly, upgrade and manage resources as needed, and even do server management via my phone when I need to. Federated with all of the big ones so there’s no lack in content and I’m always scouring for new communities to sub to. The only rule I have (aside from the ones stated in the rules page) is no NSFW. It’s mostly a CYA measure for myself.
Fediverse.observer is a good resource for sorting through and finding different instances for all types of activitypub platforms. There are pages for Lemmy and Kbin among plenty of others. That's how I found the instance I'm currently on, and I'm pretty happy with it.
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