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From fediverse.observer, these are the top ten by active users:

  • piefed.social (too big?)
  • piefed.blahaj.zone (LGBT-focused)
  • piefed.world (same team as lemmy.world, potentially too big?)
  • piefed.ca (canada-focused)
  • feddit.online
  • piefed.zip (same team as lemmy.zip)
  • quokk.au (blocks feddit.org?)
  • piefed.au (too small?)
  • crust.piefed.social (beta testing for piefed.social)
  • anarchist.nexus (same team as lemmy.dbzer0.com)

It seems like feddit.online and piefed.zip might be the most neutral, general instances, not too big or too small.

What are people's thoughts on the above list? Any aspects I've overlooked?

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[-] Blaze@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

I prefer piefed.zip to be future proof, we've seen how reluctant people are to migrate once they are settled

[-] ExtremeDullard@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

I'm curious about Piefed: can anybody tell me what the main differences / pros / cons are with Lemmy?

[-] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 11 points 1 day ago
[-] ExtremeDullard@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

Ooh man, this is what put Piefed on my radar, as I have to move two communities away from a failing Lemmy instance and there's no way to do that in Lemmy. I think I'm gonna give Piefed a serious spin soon.

[-] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 6 points 1 day ago

yea that's a cool feature

[-] ExtremeDullard@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Perfect. Thanks!

[-] irelephant@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 day ago

Anarchist.nexus doesn't have open signups yet

[-] sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Why is too big or too small a problem?

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 22 hours ago

Small instances can be less stable. Large instances aren't a problem themselves, but if new users always join the largest instance, that defeats the purpose of decentralization.

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago

Piefed.social apparently has banned Pepe the Frog so probably not that as I can't imagine that goes down well with a lot of redditors.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

social so they can get the feel of "reddit" without having to deal with thier OVERMODERATION. then they can move from there. although its too small, and some topics arnt as common as are on reddit.

[-] Kroko@feddit.online 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I chose ~~piefed.online~~ feddit.online over the .zip since their instance has been around longer and uses the stable release

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago

feddit.online, you mean? It doesn't seem like piefed.online exists.

[-] Kroko@feddit.online 3 points 22 hours ago

Yeah, I confused names ๐Ÿ˜…

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