Content? Politics? Community? A cool integration you’re looking for? Maybe even a cool domain name? I’m not looking for tips as an instance owner, lol; I’m just curious.
Content is my primary reason for switching from Lemmy.world to Piefed.social. I just wanted access to the pirating comms and I had to switch for that.
I only really want an instance to be stable, uncontroversial, and to have a low block/blocked by count (I can filter out for myself what I want and don’t want to see). I’d switch instances if those preferences were not being met to a degree that noticeably impacted my experience using it.
It shutting down. Or me stop being lazy and finally run up my own instance.
I don’t use Lemmy as part of my personality so I don’t care who the Admins are or what the perception of a user is based on a domain.
lemmy.ee made people too scattered, i like that it was a alternative .world instance without thier astroturfing.
I’d leave if I felt some controversy for whatever reason but I currently use multiple instances that I switch between anyway.
So far I have hopped because the instance shut down (kbin) and for a better user experience from lemmy to piefed.
If I had accidentally joined a tankie instance I would probably hop off once I found out.
Me getting too busy to maintain my own server 😅
Twin
I assume admin/moderation issues are a given, so uptime/reliability. I don’t have issue with my instance, but I see a lot of image posts on another instance that I want to view and they regularly don’t load until I try again much later (even opening the URL of the original instance in a browser doesn’t load, so I don’t think it’s a federation issue/issue with my instance). I don’t want to name the other instance as I don’t like to bad mouth what are almost certainly volunteers, but I do wonder why people haven’t abandoned posting images to it due to reliability. Maybe the posters aren’t aware.
Ooof, a lot of things.
- Github-like uptimes (95% or lower, basically) (yes, I know I’m on SDF’s lemmy, thanks)
- Github-like moderation (“we are
right-wing‘neutral’” and such asses, no Luigi, no guillotines for CEOs, etc) - Github-like servicing (severely blocking what is accessible to guests or to API use, for example)
- Severe Big Tech dependency / cock-sucking (annoying Cloudflare captcha for example)
- There being flat out better options elsewhere
I actually considered switching to your new instance! Just because the vibes are really nice. However, I’m kind of super well established here already
Oh no way! I totally understand that :) That’s still nice to hear
Edit: I just saw how old your account was. I’m surprised you even considered it! I was hesitant on making my own instance because I had a pretty dang old account on feddit.org and bigger number better, lol
Personally it just feels nice to be on a medium to small instance. I joined up here before piefed really blew up, so it was a lot smaller then lol
I agree. That’s part of why I made my own. I was originally a part of feddit.de and moved to feddit.org when they shut down. I was already hesitant because I could tell they were growing, but I didn’t expect them to as much as they did, lol
Features:
For me, the features of an instance was a major factor. This is the main reason why I switched from a Lemmy instance to a PieFed instance.Polls, combined communities into feeds, comments from all crossposts in one post, multi images in posts, better integration with Mastodon users, scheduled posts, tags, flair, blurring of spoilers, etc. All good reasons to use PieFed instead of Lemmy.
As far as hopping between instances of the same software:
Content:
I usually prefer instances that give the end user more control over the content they want to see. That means minimizing the number of instances blocked (as much as reasonable) and more federation. Piefed.Zip would likely be the next instance I’ll hop to.Privacy:
.World instances actively block VPN users. So that’s one reason I would avoid them for future hops.Politics:
In general, only if the admins block/ban users based mostly on their political beliefs. I try to avoid factoring in whether admins have political beliefs that match my own. There will always be things that people disagree on, and everyone has their own lines that they have drawn on how far they’re willing to support others based on their own beliefs.What matters to me is that an admin can treat others fairly, even if they disagree on politics.
Domain Name:
Usually not a factor unless it’s something absurd.The ability to, when hopping, actually carry over history from the previous account.
I stick to Mbin when possible. Mastodon or crust.piefed.social for generating RSS bots. Mastodon also if I want to post heavier files in size. NeoDB if I want to post reviews. Lemmy if I want to post stuff for nicher instances and I happen to have an alt on, or if I want to crosspost posts no longer available externally but available locally.
Mbin I prefer because it integrates decently enough thread posts and microblogs while not being visually bloated or as slow to interact.
And when it lacks some feature, it’s one of the better and more responsive ones to either emulate or redirect to an instance that supports the given feature, either by Ublock Origin filters, Violentmonkey scripts, etc.
when one shuts down.
I’m on 3 just for fun. 1 for modding, 1 for all my scrolling, and one for non political scrolling (I block things they aren’t blocked instance wide).
NOT NOW MOM IM NON POLITICAL SCROLLING
It getting replaced by piefed
