I have no way to prove this story since I burned my reddit account, but I might as well share: when I was checking out lemmy for the first time I got both a beehaw and a lemmy.ml account(both were a pain to wet up) and both had serious reliability issues(this was right after the API announcement). I was looking on reddit to try and find more info about other instances then I found a comment chain with a couple of guys, one said he had a server, the other said he had the domain itjust.works and was looking for a subdomain. I though about it for a moment, and in a moment of sheer smartassery I suggested sh.itjust.works. not long after I saw in the comment chain that they went with my suggestion and put the server up lmao. At that point I knew they were chill, so I made an account on here as soon as I saw that it had gone up, and it's been rock solid ever since.

Edit: as @TheDude and others have pointed out, this happened here on the lemmy.ml instance, not reddit. It seems my memory is at fault lmao. I'm going to keep the rest of this comment unedited because its a good story anyways, but yea, I was wrong about where it happened. I'm glad I was wrong tho since i t means I still have that account, lol.

I’ll chime in as a newly minted mod…. Well implemented enterprise infrastructure supported by a team of experienced infrastructure guys, mods, techies, etc.

It handles all the loads.

Lemmy.ml bans you for criticizing the ccp and personally don't like beehaw because admins decided to make subs and run them.

It has a funny name of course!

I basically joined because of the domainname. No waiting list was a plus. Finding out that the admins are nice and the infrastructure is top notch made me stay.

Been here since almost the first day the server opened up: what makes this place different is our ruleset, admin and users.

Ruleset: Very simple and basic. @TheDude doesn't want to over-moderate, as far as I can tell. No need to tone-police or clamp down on what people can/can't say, as long as it's respectful. I really like that approach.

The admin: From his posts and the sheer rock-solid stability of this server and laid-back attitude, the dude abides. I know I'm not the only one who joined because of this post. Networking experts, server admins, devops guys, if they're anything like me, they look at that and think "Yup, this is where I wanna be".

Users: Early days yet, but so far the people here have been very laid-back, very nice, and helpful. Been trying to get all the newbies situated myself whenever I spot questions I can answer :) I'm hoping we can maintain this culture going forward.

funny domain, good structure, small, non-controversial and apolitical

This is the first instance that immediately accepted me when I tried to register. I tried other auto accept instances but my applications literally wouldn’t get through and I’d be stuck on the application page. Anyway, so far I find this site really neat and the loading speed is the best I’ve tried. Thank you for setting up this instance, admins. Hope the Fediverse grows.

So far the atmosphere here seems far more cooperative and optimistic... like a certain other place circa 2008.

I'm liking it, it's a breath of fresh air and I'd forgotten that smell.

@TheDude@sh.itjust.works - Keep commercial interests / astroturfing etc. off this place like our lives depend on it!

As a Skyrim fanatic I've got a Pavlovian attraction to any joke on the theme of "It just works." Then, as a PC tinkerer, reading this confirmed that this instance is probably a good fit. Happy with the vibe so far!

I liked the domain. It makes me smile.

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Easy to remember url, haven’t had a single issue with acces or content. Not Canadian but I appreciate the general vibe of the people from the country that I’ve interacted and worked with. Great experience so far!

I'm not a user on this instance, but from what I can tell, shit just kinda works over here.

Well, as a french speaking person that is the only EN/FR server i found :)

I just like the name lol. I'm from the USA.

I joined because of the domain name and TheDude’s comments and straight forward explanations for things going on.

It’s also what I tell people about my homelab. “I don’t know what’s going on or how, but shit just works.”

Also here after getting impatient with beehaw and hearing... questionable things about .ml. Was a lurker on reddit but trying to be active here. Thanks for hosting, admins!

The name and the fact that it does just work. I registered and immediately had an account unlike some other instances.

Thanks for hosting this instance. Apart from the great name and the chill environment, this is the first instance that let me sign in without issues or infinitely spinning buttons. Also it looks like this one has better server capacity compared to other instances!

I was mainly a lurker in reddit, but will try to be more active here.

It's that TheDude abides, man.

The description said english AND french so I hoped to discuss some french shit but as far as I can tell there is no french discussion, for now.

Edit : J'ai créé ça pour ceux que ça intéresse : https://sh.itjust.works/c/francophone. On verra si ça décolle mais mon but ne sera pas de le modder à terme.

After 30 minutes of floundering about, I think I'm finally starting to get how lemmy works. I really hope this takes off so here I am contributing to the noise :D

The name was funny and it sounds like the admin has the site running on a decently sized server. Also I saw that someone had created /c/LocalLlama, which is a machine learning sub I used to frequent back on reddit.

Started out on lemmy.world, but the server was slow and laggy. When I saw a comment by someone from sh.itjust.works, I knew I had to pack my bags and move here. No regrets.

It has the right ratio of tankies to downvote buttons

I'm on a different instance, but I figured I would just say hello to a fellow Minnesotan!

My past lemmy instance block downvoting and start filling their instances with stuff that are banned in my country. Also I didn't realise that instance blocks downvoting, which actually a feature that I prefer to have.

I like Canada even if I'm not from it. Plus it seems like a nice quiet place to call a Lemmy home and figure this whole thing out without being overwhelmed. Like, peer into the All and go "whoa man" then just hit Local and chill for a bit.

Hey those are the reasons I signed up. It's less canada-centric than lemmy.ca. Beeshaw and lemmy.ml are at high capacity rn, it's important to spread new users over multiple servers so welcome!

Great domain, site is responsive (after I tried couple others)

Also a Reddit refuge. Just deleted a 6 year old account and all its content. It was a bit bittersweet but alas, it was time to move on with all that's happened. Also applied to Beehaw and Lemmy.ml but can imagine it might be a bit swamped as didn't hear back, so here I am. Glad to be here.

Lemmy.ml and other popular instances wouldn't let me sign up. The button kept spinning and spinning. I tried for hours to get in those instances, got frustrated and was about to give up on this whole lemmy thing. Then i tried with this instance within a second of hitting sign up button i was in. No weird indefinite spinning animation.

I also joined cause of the domain name. Silly just like the early 2000s internet. The admin and everyone on here seems really laid-back and cool.

The clean energy was the deciding factor for me, since virtually everything's accessible from any instance. There were some bumps around some communities not being found - I assume from rapid growth caused by the reddit exodus - but things are working smoothly now.