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10 days after 3rd party reddit app shutdown, Lemmy's top 10 instances combine for a thriving userbase of 234,000
(lemmy.world)
Current breakdown at the time of this post sorted by the number of monthly active users:
- lemmy.world: 101,013 total users / 27,472 active users
- lemmy.ml: 41,972 total users / 4,905 active users
- beehaw.org: 12,270 total users / 4,178 active users
- sh.itjust.works: 17,509 total users / 3,381 active users
- feddit.de: 8,675 total users / 2,935 active users
- lemm.ee: 10,348 total users / 2,751 active users
- lemmynsfw.com: 22,967 total users / 2,310 active users
- lemmy.fmhy.ml: 8,777 total users / 1,704 active users
- lemmy.ca: 5,072 total users / 1,656 active users
- programming.dev: 5,058 total users / 1,242 active users
Well I would recommend it since it works, hence the name, shitjustworks lol.
In all seriousness, you can't start a new platform and simultaneously expect to exclude large segments of potential users. Shitjustworks seems to toe the line better than other instances. They ban spam/bots while still allowing most content.
Generally, I recommend avoiding the top two instances if you are considering creating an account, and I would recommend avoiding beehaw for other reasons. So that leaves you at shitjustworks.
I‘m all with you on the beehaw topic, but please keep in mind to recommend smaller instances to newbies,, because that‘s what federation is all about. Aside from load distribution (lots of instances are run by individuals or groups on small(ish) machines), you can avoid being independent on single large entities keeping their uptime etc.
TLDR: recommend smaller instances for load distribution to get the best out of a federated world!
I wouldn't recommend small instances to newbies. New users will likely use the All feed a lot, until they discover the communities they like. And on a small instance the All feed isn't going to have as many communities in it. Also the experience of searching for communities is worse on a smaller instance.
I think these aren't problems for experienced users but I don't think we want to expose newbies to them if we can help it.
Why wouldn't the All feed have as many communities on small instances? Does federation have to be 'consensual'?
Also, I noticed I can reply to comments on this thread but not the post itself. Does this have to do with federation or is it a limitation of Jerboa or smthn?
(Also - TIL feddit.it is located in Finland!? 😅)
All is based on every community that someone subscribed to on an instance, so smaller instances generally have less communities.