I haven’t checked Lemmy for a long time but I wanna get off Reddit again, yet I still need to know how many users are on here. Which lemmy instances are suitable to me, the most popular, and which ones to avoid? For context, im queer, anarchist with DemSoc leaning, and environmentalist. Is there a comprehensive list of all the instances and their main functions? Is the instance I’m on still workable? Any feedback would help, thx. <3

  • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
    334·
    5 hours ago

    I joined Lemmy.today to see all the instances, they don’t block anyone. I expected chaos, but it’s richer. To be fair, I rarely browse ‘All,’ instead sticking to subscribed coms where the backwards-speaking wanderers from hexbear are more of a feature than a bug.

    Now it’s my main account.

    PR Edit: I meant no offense to the good people of hexbear, I’m just confused by your ways.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      74·
      1 day ago

      IIRC a few instances are de-federated from .today due to how rightwing/conservative it is. So it’s a bit like shadowbanning yourself.

      • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
        41·
        24 hours ago

        Edit: Just checked, Lemmy.Today isn’t blocked by any instances.

        Last I checked .today was defederated by one instance, don’t know why. I’m open to more info.

        The description and the rules are boilerplate, no bigotry or transphobia kind of thing. The admins have been helpful and responsive. I can see why conservatives would join an instance like this, but there’s nothing inherently conservative about it.

        When I joined the most-visited local community was conservative, but they’re pretty tame by right wing standards. A couple of the mods posted left-leaning articles to my community, too.

        I don’t pay attention to a lot of Lemmy drama unless it crosses my feed, so I could be wrong.