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I'm hosting my own. I had a free server with 9GB RAM and 99GB disk space, and it was only running my Mastodon server until now. I like the freedom to do what I want with the server :)

Was the most upvoted comment on "how to get started with Lemmy". Also, some of these other places have super strange names, I get that it doesn't matter but when you know nothing it gives bad vibes.

Bouncing between several since lemmy.world is being hammered right now, I'm sure once the dust settles things will calm down. Right now I'm on infosec.pub because it was recommended to me as a smaller server. It really doesn't matter so long as whatever you're on communicates with everyone else.

Is there really a difference between the different servers? I just browse all (It's lemm.ee btw)

it was the only one when i joined

I have has a journey through a few instances.

I first applied to Lemmy.ml because I was interested in open source. I also applied at Lemmy.one and Beehaw because they were recommended on join-lemmy.

I got accepted at Beehaw. Then they defederated from Lemmy.world and sh.it. Stayed on Beehaw for a while but found a few communities on world that I couldn’t join, so decided to sign up to world.

World was having performance issues and I realised I could no longer interact with the Beehaw communities and people I had started talking with.

Then found lemm.ee I like the name, it hadn’t been defederated by any other instances, had good up time, was on the latest Lemmy code, and the admin seemed to know what they were doing, so joined that one. I don’t see myself moving again any time soon.

Because RIF recommended it

The first I tried was Lemmy.ml. I applied and didn't hear back. So I joined Lemmy.world and registered immediately.

lemmy.world because it was top recommended. In the future I might change to either host my own or use my wife's ex-husband's instance.

The TLD.

Trans, pan, 196, and Blahaj is friend.

The name of the instance made me laugh.

I joined lemmy.ml a while ago because following cool opensource projects is my jam.

I joined latte.isnot.coffee because its description said it was specifically for Reddit refugees. I'm a little worried it may be run by pro-CCP tankies, though.

I saw a local instance for new Zealanders and joined.

Lemmy.world didn't require/disapprove my application!

I wrote in the beehaw application that I'd contribute empathy, humor, comments, and memes. I feel like a rejected tinder date in denial, "maybe their servers just have a lot going on right now"

I’m a pirate 🏴‍☠️ and like the community itself, friendly and helpful.

Blahaj zone is explicitly and deliberately queer friendly, and a bit more lenient than beehaw

Initially made an account with the instance opened after my country's subreddit made the shift, but on Jerboa trying to look at other instance content was really rough.

So I joined here since I enjoy the content, and raise the black flag every so often.

I’m in Kansas City so I joined https://midwest.social 😄

I chose lemmy.ml after I heard nothing for two of my applications on beehaw. I then got in, and about a week later I got approval for the second beehaw application. So that's gonna be used eventually, but I'm really happy with lemmy.ml

I picked Rammy for the name and the sidebar:

Just another Lemmy instance. We've got a cool mascott though! Open to everyone.

Why trust some Big Tech corporation to host your data when some random geek can do it? All thanks to the power of the Fediverse!

For some reason I couldn't join lemmy.world and few other popular instances, be it because of technical issues, load, idk. I joined sh.itjust.works because I wanted to check fediverse before I commit to host my own instance, which I probably will at some point.

IDK

Mod of a subreddit I was following created an instance, its was the easiest choice

Because of nationality

Ideology!

Ideology 🙂.