my source (not oop https://ruby.social/@mufid/115694004033059686)
Could someone explain the joke? I don't get what Tom Scott is doing here.
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I was on blahaj.zone until they decided they didn't like it when you call out admin abuse
it's just opinionated as fuck and full of censorship
If you don't follow the rules of the master Ada, you're automatically transphobic or something
fucking sect
blahaj is a clown show of an instance
What happened?
Inconsistent application of instance/community rules
Ah, bummer. Good thing there are other instances and platforms! Mbin is my favorite so far.
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Why would you want multiple accounts on the same software? Having a Mastodon, a Misskey/Sharkey, a Lemmy, a Mbin, a Wafrn, etc., that makes sense - each one of those have different tech and very different communities. But why would you want more than one Lemmy?
I asked this question to someone I saw frequently instance hopping and they said it was related to instance federation and the spread of posted content, as well as their desire to advertise lesser known instances. I think it's a little disorienting and creates the opportunity for dopplegangers but it was a much more satisfying motivation than avoiding bans.
I've swapped for various reasons: instance shutting down, defederation by major instance I interest with, etc, downvotes vs no downvotes. I also like having at least two I can easily swap between in case one is down.
Literally every single Lemmy instance I've ever joined (and then some) has suffered significant long-term outages or degradation of service on a semi-regular basis. I don't use any other social media. So, when I'm looking for my "fix", I don't have time to bullshit around and wait for penis.gay to get to the bottom of their their issues. I want my engagement and I want it now. So off to lemmy.wtf I go if it's up.
But also, some of us have serious accounts geared towards specific topics/hobbies, accounts where we might share information that could be publicly identifiable, and farting around shit post accounts all separated out. Easier to keep the creeps away.
Of the four real instances in that image, there are three different software platforms.
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