Lemmy.world for me.
It's generic, has a good list of communities, and the mods are legends with updates and transparency.
Beehaw is a quieter experience than most because it has narrower federation, but you do tend to get a better signal to noise ratio since you miss the spammier instances - I like it.
Beehaw also doesn't federate downvotes which I think is an improvement.
Beehaw is such a nice place to visit, but I’m too much of an asshole to live there.
Posting from a Beehaw account I think does have a psychological effect on me that causes me to naturally tone things down a bit. I think it's been good for me.
I'm enjoying Beehaw. I really haven't looked around at other instances that much, but it's pretty chill here.
I prefer sopuli.xyz
He's right. No bias, I swear.
I dunno why but everytime I see that, I misread it as SoPopular ;)
lemmy.sdf.org when it works; federation there is kinda fucked right now, so ~~I'm on lemmy.today for now.~~ I accidentally posted it from SDF. Comment if you can see this.
SDF has an extensive track record (* much longer than I have been alive*) of providing systems for the public good. If federation gets fixed (and it probably will eventually), I'll be back on SDF.
Additionally, I generally don't want the set of people I can connect with to be technically limited, like at all. Yes that includes "all the bad people" according to your (and my) individual worldview. If they're going to exist, I would prefer to have advanced notice of the danger they pose. If you suck, I will block you.
I'm not against moderated or curated instances, and for most people that is probably the way to go, but it's not what I personally need. Yes, this means that I occasionally get wild shit when I choose to scroll through All. Yes, that means I get various shades of genocide apologists and weird bigots, again when I choose not to browse by Local or Subscribed. That's why I'm subscribed to a bunch of cool, moderated communities. I choose the content I see.
That is the approach I prefer for myself. Again, I understand that it's not for everyone.
As far as instances where I'm not (yet) a member, lemmy.dbzer0.com is my favorite by far. Also while I don't have any communities on their instance, the startrek.website people seem to always have something interesting to say.
Is it weird to not have a favorite?
no
As an American I prefer lemmy.ca
lemmy.ohaa.xyz, cause its mine :D
now THATS the spirit!
slrpnk.net :D
SLRPNK best instance
Every instance is good because every instance can interact with many other instances with comments, posts etc. So you arent really locked into one instance. its the magic of federation.
I like mine because it is mine :)
Do you just host it for yourself and no other users are on it?
Me and a few friends
Lemm.ee seems pretty okay.
I don't care much about instances though, I just use Lemmy like it's Reddit and scroll through the home page and my subscriptions
mander.xyz is my favorite. Love and subscribed to the most of the communities it have.
unpopular hexbear because seeing both sides of the propaganda broadens my critical thinking more than echo chambers, yes-men, and logical fallacies being thrown my way instead of supporting data
The solution to being fed propaganda isn't to seek out more propaganda.
I respect the devotion to always collecting information from both sides, but if you think hexbear isn't 100% echo chamber and logical fallacies, then I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you
Lemmy.ca and sh.itjust.works
sh.itjust.works is the best name for a instance
My favourite instance is lemy.lol because it uses 0.19 rc version, has short domain name, and nice UI theme, and that's why I choosed it for my account
I agree, I wish lemm.ee was update to date smh, I'll think about making an account there
My main is reddthat.com
Clear and open admins; smaller instance with room to grow; it's my personal favorite
I like .world abit, but I'm a touch biased 🤣
startrek.website definitely punches above its weight, was my first account
But this alt on reddthat.com I use more because it has down voting disabled and it keeps me more zen
pretty cool that there's whole instances about stuff like Star Trek, really cool!
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