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submitted 7 months ago by juliebean@lemm.ee to c/meta@lemm.ee

since lemm.ee is slated to be gone soon, does anyone know of any other instances with similar policies regarding defederation? i've always loved how i can follow communities basically wherever from here. it's why i chose here over elsewhere. i just wanna be able to curate my own feed, but most big instances seem to have all these complicated beefs that mean i'd lose access to some communities if i moved there.

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[-] Blaze@lemm.ee 47 points 7 months ago
[-] arrow74@lemm.ee 20 points 7 months ago

This is exactly what I was hoping to find. I typically browse through all and picked lemm.ee for their moderation style.

I'm sad to see it go.

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

I think both of those are perfect suggestions. Being a huge nerd with a strong moral compass, zip seemed to be one of the more similar to lemm.ee. I also heard piefed has some good policies and features!!

Thanks for the links!

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Why both of them blocked lemm.ee lol.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 months ago

They did not, you're looking at linked instances

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Oh, I thought all of them were banned instances ๐Ÿ˜…

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 7 months ago

Since the announcement thread is locked, thanks to the admins for their hard work.

[-] lily33@lemm.ee 23 points 7 months ago

I've moved to https://piefed.social/ - I really like the ability there to subscibe to whole topics rather than individual communities. But I'll miss lemm.ee's defederation policy.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

Lemmy clients won't work there?

I am out of the loop with piefed (I don't even know if it is another Lemmy instance, it seems it is lol).

I am too attached to Summit and Voyager to stop using Lemmy at all.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's a totally different project with a different codebase, but is Lemmy/activitypub compatible. Currently only one app supports it (interstellar), but more are coming (thunder).

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

but more are coming (thunder).

I see, TIL, it seems like I can wait a bit then.

[-] illi@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

but more are coming (thunder)

This is awesome. Seems like a great oportunity to finally look into piefed.

Any idea about an ETA?

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

No idea, I'm just regurgitating another person's comment who mentioned that thunder was in progress ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] illi@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

no worries, at least I know to look forward to it. Happy there is at least another app for it already, but I got used to Thunder

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago
[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago
[-] noodlejetski@piefed.social 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

it's an announcement saying that Interstellar now works with Piefed: https://interstellar.jwr.one/

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[-] juliebean@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

that sounds interesting, though i can't seem to find where to see their blocklist

[-] lily33@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago
[-] dipshit@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I chose lemmy.blahaj.zone since most of the communities I participate in are there and they have been nothing but kind to me. I highly recommend it for other queer people who want to have a peaceful community free of transphobia.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

In general, while it's already huge, sh.itjust.works errs on the side of careful defederation. Afaik, none of the big instances are defederated at all.

It's pretty stable too. I think it's been down maybe twice for any significant length of time.

That's the two biggest factors in why it's where my main account is.

So, it's an option for sure.

A friend of mine is on lemdro.id, and he's able to reach all the usual instances. Same with dbzero, though they have a bit more focused set of policies. Both are very stable as well.

About the only instance that you'll run into trouble accessing from most is hexbear or whatever it's called now. All the other big/biggish ones are usually not defederated widely.

[-] turtle@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

Hexbear is still called that. They were able to recover their domain after all. By my calculations, they appear to be in the top 10 largest lemmy instances by MAU, top 5 by number of accounts, and number 2 lemmy instance by number of posts, out of the regular user-driven (not automated cross-posting) instances, behind only lemmy.world.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Good to know.

[-] Fitik@fedia.io 7 points 7 months ago

If you're considering non-Lemmy instances, then I can recommend kbin.earth, it's a MBin instance that has a similar approach to the defederation

[-] towelie@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

lemm.ee was the best and why i stayed on lemmy. this stinks. but so long and thanks for all the fish

[-] FundMECFSResearch 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[-] turtle@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Seems pretty prone to defederating other instances.

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 8 points 7 months ago

It defederated from Hexbear at least, so yes. I absolutely love that instance - I whole-heartedly recommend the admin team there, but if someone is looking for federation with instances such as that one, that is not what it is about.

It is a fantastic recommendation to make to someone coming in from Reddit.

[-] juliebean@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

definitely not what i'm looking for, but thanks for the suggestion

[-] veniasilente@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Joining in to the general thanks to the administration for running this instance. I migrated here from vlemmy I think? I don't even remember it's been forever in internet years. But lemm.ee is (soon was) good to be in. Sending the best wishes to the team.

Where will I go? Dunno. I'm eyeing .zip but also looking for other alternatives. Might reinvigorate my fedia presence in the meantime.

A question: is if recommended to unsub from local communities before lemm.ee sundowns?

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

A question: is if recommended to unsub from local communities before lemm.ee sundowns?

No, as those communities will announce where they go, and organize. Examples on !movies@lemm.ee and !Television@lemm.ee

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[-] O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Wait what's going on with lemm.ee? Do I have to make a new act? What about the local communities I follow?

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month.

You will need to create a new account on a new instance. You can export your current subscriptions, blocks, and favorited comments and posts by clicking on the Export JSON file in your profile settings page, which you can then use to import at your new instance. You'll need to export that file before the 30th.

To help find a new instance, check out this comment.

[-] O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago
[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You're welcome ^^

I wish you well finding a new home!

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

Oh and as for the local communities you follow, they will have to move as well, so be sure to check if there's a post saying where they'll go at some point.

[-] Vari@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago
[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 23 points 7 months ago

It's not an alternative to lemm.ee and also the dev shits on federation.

And I still can't believe that they still haven't fucking implemented search yet. The search is literally Google search with a site:discuit.org constraint.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago

Less than 200 commenters: https://discuit.net/DiscuitMeta/post/THOarSQv

Definitely not in the same ballpark as Lemmy/Piefed

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

If you want the Lemmy experience pre-Reddit exodus minus the communism, this seems like the place. Lemmy was less than 200 people at one point, look how we've grown.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago

But since then, we reached 47k monthly active users, mostly thanks to the federated model.

Beehaw has 415 monthly active users, and is highly moderated, so if people are looking for a smaller experience, I would recommend that instead

[-] Sibshops@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I have an old registration with lemy.lol. Any reason why it wouldn't work out?

https://lemy.lol/u/Sibshops - Turns out it doesn't support IPv6, so i went with https://lemmy.myserv.one/

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