This is, why Lemmy will probably never be successful.
People are told to choose any instance and they choose the biggest ones, because that’s also probably the one with the most content and activity. And after that other people will tell them they made a bad choice and it’s their own fault.
What’s the easiest way to switch instances? I didn’t know any of this. I just wanted to get away from reddit and still engage with communities focused on my hobbies… 😔
Create an account on another other instance and export/import your settings. I don’t think it carries over your posts and comments but everything else probably will like your communities, blocks and preferences.
Well, luckily, you can make an account elsewhere and not have people assume you’re an asshole because you associate (unknowingly) with assholes
This is, why Lemmy will probably never be successful. People are told to choose any instance and they choose the biggest ones, because that’s also probably the one with the most content and activity. And after that other people will tell them they made a bad choice and it’s their own fault.
Thankfully we can advise people to join piefed now
Even the devs are fucking tankies. I’m thinking of moving to PieFed and hope for the best. Been hopping websites all my life anyway.
E: To the people downvoting, here you go: https://lemmy.world/post/29072279
Dessalines is a lead developer of Lemmy-UI.
What’s the easiest way to switch instances? I didn’t know any of this. I just wanted to get away from reddit and still engage with communities focused on my hobbies… 😔
Create an account on another other instance and export/import your settings. I don’t think it carries over your posts and comments but everything else probably will like your communities, blocks and preferences.
I’m pretty sure I used the word “unknowingly” there, meaning that they’re not to blame for the first choice, merely for continuing to do so now.