But how do you reliably find large active communities? I’m still new around here! Like if I’m into movie discussions, how do I know if I picked one that has like 5 subs on some obscure small instance vs one with a big subscriber base.
Check out lemmyverse.net/communities, it'll let you search (almost) everything without being limited by your instance, and you can sort by whatever criteria you want.
Here's a site that gives details on instance populations, general rules, functionality, and reliability. https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances. This site is a couple weeks out of date, but gives a good look into what each instance allows.
26 Comments
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 49 pts · 3y
Posted from my personal instance at swg-empire.de.
lichtmetzger@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y
SPRICH
SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 28 pts · 3y
Rhabuko@feddit.de · 6 pts · 3y
That's a awesome gif 👌.
SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 3y
001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 3y
doge_d_aspin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
aye!
vd1n@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Link me to some subs?
001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 3y
chris@l.roofo.cc · 19 pts · 3y
Neither
eatham@aussie.zone · 29 pts · 3y
Reason: Smaller instances will often run better, and also the whole point of the fediverse is not being centralized
ShinetheMoment@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 3y
But how do you reliably find large active communities? I’m still new around here! Like if I’m into movie discussions, how do I know if I picked one that has like 5 subs on some obscure small instance vs one with a big subscriber base.
TeaHands@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
Check out lemmyverse.net/communities, it'll let you search (almost) everything without being limited by your instance, and you can sort by whatever criteria you want.
Schlomocucumber@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
As someone new to all this, thank you so much!!
TeaHands@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
No worries! Feel free to ask if there's anything else you're still hung up on.
ShinetheMoment@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Thank you!
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3y
My favorite way is browsing all (that includes all that are federated with the instance) and subing to communities I like
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3y
Subscribe to both with the understanding that the communities are still much smaller than on Reddit.
ramplay@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y
Look for them! The instance you're on has minimal limitations to where you can interact (barring defederation)
Poob@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 3y
Here is a site with information about Lemmy, https://join-lemmy.org/instances
Here's a site that gives details on instance populations, general rules, functionality, and reliability. https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances. This site is a couple weeks out of date, but gives a good look into what each instance allows.
ZombieZookeeper@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
How often do you use the word "comrade"?
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y
Not often enough.
Dirk@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y
You can tell from the performance and responsiveness of the website.
AaAaaaAaAA@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
TheInsane42@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Why choose?