▲ 210 ▼ Your explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstood (transfem.social) submitted 2 years ago by CyberTailor@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 134 comments fedilink hide all child comments The linked post shows how most non-tech people's understanding of email is very very different from most of the people here.
[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) In general, wouldn't one of the English speaking instances be a better choice? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@feddit.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Long story short, there is no ideal generalist instance. If you open the top 20 instances (https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy/) Lemmy.world is too big Lemm.ee is federated with hexbear and lemmygrad, something that is not very welcoming to new users (see this thread: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28798607/15305964 ) sh.itjust.works names contains "shit", which can deter users lemmy.ca is Canadian-centric feddit.org, as you mentioned, is German-centric, but technically English speaking too dbzer0 federated hexbear programming.dev is topic-centric (and has a database corruption for the last month https://programming.dev/post/20515601?scrollToComments=true) blahaj is queer-focused discuss.tchncs.de has a difficult name lemmy.sdf.org does not defederate anyone lemmy.zip is federated with hexbear and lemmygrad sopuli.xyz doesn't have "lemmy" or "feddit" in its name beehaw is way outdated infosec.pub is topic-centric aussie.zone is country-centric midwest.social is region-centric The next page has reddthat.com which is known to have federation issues with LW due to its location in Australia, and lemmy.today which does not defederate anyone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly I'd say lemmy.world is probably the ideal for redditors, I agree it's too big, but it's probably the safest option for people without a lot of knowledge. sh.itjustworks is also IMO fine if you know the person isn't offended by language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 point 2 years ago I agree it’s too big That's the main issue. Its size creates 5-days delay with some instances The issues have been here for months, are not going to be fixed any time soon as the latest Lemmy version still has issues like the pictures one: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5196 Some additional details: https://lemmy.world/post/20575394?scrollToComments=true https://feddit.org/post/2374543 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@feddit.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Long story short, there is no ideal generalist instance. If you open the top 20 instances (https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy/) Lemmy.world is too big Lemm.ee is federated with hexbear and lemmygrad, something that is not very welcoming to new users (see this thread: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28798607/15305964 ) sh.itjust.works names contains "shit", which can deter users lemmy.ca is Canadian-centric feddit.org, as you mentioned, is German-centric, but technically English speaking too dbzer0 federated hexbear programming.dev is topic-centric (and has a database corruption for the last month https://programming.dev/post/20515601?scrollToComments=true) blahaj is queer-focused discuss.tchncs.de has a difficult name lemmy.sdf.org does not defederate anyone lemmy.zip is federated with hexbear and lemmygrad sopuli.xyz doesn't have "lemmy" or "feddit" in its name beehaw is way outdated infosec.pub is topic-centric aussie.zone is country-centric midwest.social is region-centric The next page has reddthat.com which is known to have federation issues with LW due to its location in Australia, and lemmy.today which does not defederate anyone permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly I'd say lemmy.world is probably the ideal for redditors, I agree it's too big, but it's probably the safest option for people without a lot of knowledge. sh.itjustworks is also IMO fine if you know the person isn't offended by language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 point 2 years ago I agree it’s too big That's the main issue. Its size creates 5-days delay with some instances The issues have been here for months, are not going to be fixed any time soon as the latest Lemmy version still has issues like the pictures one: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5196 Some additional details: https://lemmy.world/post/20575394?scrollToComments=true https://feddit.org/post/2374543 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Honestly I'd say lemmy.world is probably the ideal for redditors, I agree it's too big, but it's probably the safest option for people without a lot of knowledge. sh.itjustworks is also IMO fine if you know the person isn't offended by language. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 point 2 years ago I agree it’s too big That's the main issue. Its size creates 5-days delay with some instances The issues have been here for months, are not going to be fixed any time soon as the latest Lemmy version still has issues like the pictures one: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5196 Some additional details: https://lemmy.world/post/20575394?scrollToComments=true https://feddit.org/post/2374543 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 point 2 years ago I agree it’s too big That's the main issue. Its size creates 5-days delay with some instances The issues have been here for months, are not going to be fixed any time soon as the latest Lemmy version still has issues like the pictures one: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5196 Some additional details: https://lemmy.world/post/20575394?scrollToComments=true https://feddit.org/post/2374543 permalink fedilink source parent