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What do you want to have in a Lemmy instance? (ponder.cat)
submitted 3 months ago by PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I started up my own instance and now I have realized that there's no reason anyone would join mine instead of any other instance.

That's no good. What neat stuff would the Fediverse like to see in a Lemmy instance?

  • Follow RSS feeds in your Lemmy feed? I have that already, in a way, but it would be nice to be able to do it for any feed automatically without it being clunky.
  • Follow Mastodon users? Or tags?
  • Embedded video? That seems costly.
  • Hackability? The ability to run your own customized front end? Or good scripting features in the browser console?
  • A better looking UI? This one is functional but it's not pretty.
  • Better moderation? I have heard the Lemmy tools aren't that good.
  • Something else?
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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

You make a valid point but I just want to push back a bit. These are the largest Lemmy instances in order of monthly users

large instances

  • lemmy.world - 17.7k
  • lemm.ee - 3.2k
  • sh.itjust.works - 2.5k
  • lemmy.ml - 2.5k
  • hexbear - 1.8k
  • lemmy.ca - 1.3k
  • feddit.de - 1.2k
  • programming.dev - 1.1k
  • lemmy.dbzer0.com - 1.1k
  • lemmy.blahaj.zone - 900
  • feddit.org - 900
  • discuss.tchncs.de - 866

As far as I know, lemmy.ml and hexbear are the only heavily communist and censorship prone servers out of the top twelve. They were here first, but we really need to stop perpetuating the notion that they represent or dominate Lemmy as a whole, along with the idea that they represent a typical moderation experience on this platform.

I feel like the numerous well-moderated instances don't get enough credit. The actions of lemmy.ml moderators tend to shape the narrative about Lemmy moderation, which is unfair to other servers and repels new users from the platform. Other instances aren't perfect with moderation either, but at least they generally try to moderate in good faith and with some degree of neutrality, which is the most you can really ask for.

The primary influence that remains is lemmy.ml still hosts a disproportionate number of major communities, but that's slowly changing.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

feddit.de - 1.2k

Isn't feddit.de is gone now, or at least broken to the point of rarely being usable?

I think most users have moved to feddit.org now.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, that's right. I didn't realize that when I made this comment. Feddit.org is the replacement instance because of all the issues with feddit.de