Does it even make a difference? Would much appreciate some suggestions.

  • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
    31·
    8 hours ago

    Does it really matter where you go? It’s all federated together anyway, that’s the whole point, isn’t it?

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
      15·
      7 hours ago

      1. It’s not all federated together, Lemm.ee is more broadly federated than Lemmy.world, as an example. Lemm.ee can see Hexbear and Lemmygrad, you cannot, as a quick example. Federation and defederation policy dramatically impacts the experience.

      2. Many instances are specialized, like Lemmygrad with Marxism-Leninism, slrpnk.net with Solarpunk, mander.xyz with science, Hexbear as a left-unity instance, etc. Browsing locally is a fun experience for those into the instance subject.

      3. Some instances have only upvotes and no downvotes, some don’t show vote totals period, or have other front-facing features. Some offer emojis, like Hexbear.net.

      And more! All good reasons to put some thought in.

      • Mr_Stellar@lemm.eeOP
        1·
        14 minutes ago

        Which would you say is the most neutral/ open to anything? Or I guess most federated?

      • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 hours ago

        Wow, thank you! I didn’t know it was like that. I also didn’t know that what I was reading as nonsense slarpnik is “solaspunk” and I still have no idea what that is but I’ll google it. Never heard of Mander either, want to check out whether that’s useful to me. Thanks!

    • uuldika@lemmy.ml
      15·
      1 day ago

      also, people will assume you’re a tankie just because your name ends with .ml 😞

    • NotKyloRen@lemmy.zip
      7·
      1 day ago

      I’m a part of Lemmy.zip for a few months now. Great server with transparent admins who post about server updates and such. It’s tech-oriented as an instance, but it’s federated, so you still have access to all other servers. I’m a computer nerd, hence why I picked it.

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
        192·
        1 day ago

        Marxists are absolutely leftists, if you redefine Leftism to only include Anarchism you are making a severe error in political understanding.

        • Psythik@lemm.ee
          413·
          1 day ago

          Tankies aren’t Marxists lol

          They’re more MAGA than anything. I’ve spent quite some time on Hexbear and .ml. I’ve seen it with my own eyes.

          They’re pro censorship, anti-free speech, anti human rights, and constantly talk shit about “liberals”. Sounds like a hard authoritarian right to me.

          • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
            142·
            24 hours ago

            “Tankie” is just the terminally online version of “commie” or “pinko,” it’s just a pejorative for Marxists. The 3 instances you called “tankie” are the 3 biggest Marxist-friendly instances. Both of my 2 accounts are on Hexbear.net and Lemmy.ml, respectively, I’ve spent plenty of time.

            Marxists in general are in favor of controlling the speech of the bourgeoisie, as were Marx and Engels:

            >6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.

            Marxists are not “anti-free speech,” nor are Hexbear and Lemmy.ml. Rampant misinformation and bigotry should be removed, and is. Marxists, including .ml and Hexbear, are absolutely pro-Human Rights. Marxists do hate liberals, liberals are pro-Capitalism apologists, and thus liberalism has been a target of Socialists of all stripes since liberalism became a thing.

          • for_some_delta@beehaw.org
            16·
            22 hours ago

            The ideas that domination is the goal are correct. The domination goes beyond social issues. Owing someone rent puts them in a position to dominate me. Saying the rent is the people’s rent doesn’t rationalize the domination.

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
              4·
              11 hours ago

              Marxists do not seek “domination” of others, nor do Socialist countries extract “rent.” Using a portion of the social fund to create infrastructure, social safety nets, advance productivity via new Capital, and more are not the same as a landlord extracting surplus value on the basis of owning a scarce resource like land. I think you’re confused on several areas, like what Marxists want, how Socialist states function, and what “rent” is. If you want, I have theory I can recommend for you.

        • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
          172·
          1 day ago

          To be fair, the political compass absolutely does not bring nuance. All governments are authoritarian, all states are instruments of class opression. What matters is which class is being oppressed, by which. The political compass is closer to astrology for political nerds than a coherent theory.

          • irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            21·
            1 day ago

            Would you call communist states (an oxymoron, I know) instruments of class opression?

            All governments are authoritiarian, but to what extent?

            I more-meant the difference between the libertarian and authoritarian right/left, its a useful distinction to have.

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
              151·
              1 day ago

              Yes, absolutely. Socialist states governed by Communist Parties are states where the Proletariat oppresses the Bourgeoisie. You can’t simply eliminate all property relations overnight, the role of a proletarian state is to sieze the large firms and key industries that are necessary to maintain that power, and gradually appropriate firms and industry until the entire economy can be publicly owned and planned.

              There aren’t really degrees of authoritarian or libertarian in a state, just what circumstances the system finds itself in. At times where class struggle is sharpened, the state employs more drastic measures to maintain the class in charge, and this goes for bourgeois states or proletarian states. It isn’t a decision to be made on a sliding scale, but a reflection of circumstances.

              Even comparing Anarchism with Marxism as “libertarian vs authoritarian” isn’t apt. Anarchists also employ authority in overturning class relations, just via a horizontalist approach. Marxist states also are more comprehensively democratic than Capitalist ones, as they spread democracy to the economy, for the many rather than for the few.

              Just my 2 cents as a Marxist-Leninist.

              Side note: a higher stage Communist society where class has been abolished and the oppressive elements of government that make up the state have thus withered away would not be authoritarian, as there’s no longer class struggle. That’s more of a future thing though, not something that has immediate relevance.

              • planish@sh.itjust.works
                21·
                21 hours ago

                There aren’t really degrees of authoritarian or libertarian in a state, just what circumstances the system finds itself in.

                This sounds like that rare thing in political science: a falsifiable assertion. Do you happen to know if anyone has tested it?

                • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
                  7·
                  21 hours ago

                  I’m not sure how you would test it, outside of looking at states through history, in different contexts. Germany is a good example. Germany in the early 20th century, after World War I, was in serious debt and had rising contradictions that led to increased worker organization. The bourgeoisie was terrified of a Communist uprising, so they employed the Nazis to purge them. After the fall of the Nazis, the system didn’t radically change, but the need for the Nazis as a sort of alter-ego to stamp out Communism was done. They remained Capitalist throughout the entire time, but each change in policy was driven by changing conditions.

                  Marxists posit that the Mode of Production is the base, which creates the superstructure, which is the laws, ideology, and culture, which shapes the base. This cyclical relationship shows that biggest shaper of policy is the needs of the ruling class, and the conditions they are dealing with. I am not “inventing” this stance, of course, its been here for a long while.

            • Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
              8·
              1 day ago

              he did say communist governments are authoritarian, in them the capitalist class would be getting oppressed by the state in service of the working class. this is why it’s called the dictatorship of the proletariat - the proletariat should still be getting their interests as a class represented in this arrangement, while bourgious have no special status or access due to their capital.

              All governments are authoritarian, all states are instruments of class opression. What matters is which class is being oppressed, by which.

              are there any examples of libertarian states?

          • irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            62·
            1 day ago

            Auth-right would be fascism.

            I wanted to point out that, even though they are authoritarian, they are still leftist. The Political Compass adds a bit of nuance, so there can be a distinction.

            • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
              131·
              1 day ago

              I commented elsewhere, but all states are authoritarian. What matters is which class is exerting its authority. In Socialist states, that class is the Proletariat against the Bourgeoisie. Marxists are not any more “auth” than other ideologies, and not any less.

              States can present as more or less auth depending on the circumstances they are in, when the class struggle is a sharpened contradiction, but that doesn’t mean the state is making a choice to be more or less auth, just that it responds to different circumstances.

              • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
                101·
                24 hours ago

                Marxists in general are in favor of controlling the speech of the bourgeoisie, as were Marx and Engels:

                >6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.

                Marxists are not “anti-free speech,” nor are Hexbear and Lemmy.ml. Rampant misinformation and bigotry should be removed, and is. Marxists, including .ml and Hexbear, are absolutely pro-Human Rights. Marxists do hate liberals, liberals are pro-Capitalism apologists, and thus liberalism has been a target of Socialists of all stripes since liberalism became a thing.

                • frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                  16·
                  23 hours ago

                  How do you create so many nearly identical posts? Is it just copy pasta? Is it full automation? I mean holy shit, if I created a bot, it would react to questions like this.

                  In case you didn’t read that thing here’s that thing again. Ehhh.

  • dil@lemmy.zip
    91·
    1 day ago

    Sh.itjust.works and lemmy.zip, not sure if shitjustworks is general purpose actually

    • dil@lemmy.zip
      4·
      1 day ago

      But yeah I signed up for multiple before so id have aged accounts in case my main one went away

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      I’m thinking between Zip and db0… I can’t decide 😁

      I was too comfortable with lemme.ee (AKA less drama overall than your favorite Lemmy instance) but now I need to deal with this…

      Well, I knew from the beginning, that the fediverse works this way, if any we should be grateful we were given a good window to migrate (former fmhy user here lol), and honestly it makes sense, each instance can’t last forever… Not even big sites like Reddit will.

    • PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      38·
      2 days ago

      I also can vouch for sh.itjust.works. They have a fair defederation policy and has only gone down a couple times in the two years I’ve been using it. When it has the admin has been quick to address it and provides updates via a matrix chat.

      The one downside is that some more niche domains have degenerated defederated (thanks autocorrect) from us due to the open enrolment we have (beehaw comes directly to mind). I recall someone linking a website that tracked what servers are federated with each other but I can’t find it now unfortunately.

  • roadrunner_ex@lemmy.caEnglish
    66·
    2 days ago

    One thing you should do is grab your data for easy moving, you haven’t already.

    Assuming you’re using the default Lemmy web UI (not Voyager, or Photon, or a mobile app, or whatever), click on your username in the top right, and select “Settings”.

    On the settings page, there’s a section called “Import/Export Settings”. Click the “Export” button and let your browser download the file.

    Then, when you switch instances, you can go into the same Settings page on the new instance, select the file you downloaded, and hit “Import” and you will automatically be resubscribed to the communities you subscribed to.

  • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    25·
    2 days ago

    If you have a favorite community you might take a look at the instance they’re hosted out of.

    Beyond that, my general advice is to sort Lemmy instances by number of active users, then pick one that’s somewhere between the 10th and 20th largest.

        • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
          1·
          7 hours ago

          The default web frontend has no such provision. If SDF is down I have to go and navigate to my backup instance like a peasant.

          Maybe I should switch to an app. The only trick is that I’ll have to hack it a little bit to make sure it always launches over Tor. Unless I get on Qubes soon.

            • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
              2·
              7 hours ago

              I know. I was slightly butthurt at the suggestion I’m Lemmying wrong, though. Without third party software, movement between instances isn’t seamless right now, just possible.

              • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                6 hours ago

                Oh, lol definitely didn’t mean to imply that haha, was just saying all the apps I’ve tried (I literally only use mobile to access Lemmy) have the ability to add and swap between accounts on different instances :)

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
        21·
        1 day ago

        Most Lemmy apps support switching quickly between instances.

        In theory, this could ease the transition when an instance closes, I guess.

        In reality, the Internet is for pornography.

        It presumably makes it easier to quickly switch between porn-free and porn-full subscription sets.

        I say “Presumably”, because I’m above all that… here on my non-porn account.

        Plus…there’s probably someone here who carefully separates their Linux Lemmys into one account and their railway and mass transit news Lemmys into another.

    • Zenith@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 days ago

      Where would I find a way to know if an instance aligned with what I wanted or not? I’m supposed to personally find and explore a bunch of different ones?

      • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
        3·
        1 day ago

        There’s the “Join Lemmy” tool that shows a list of instances, you can click on them and see if they fit what you want.

      • Sidyctism II.@discuss.tchncs.de
        41·
        1 day ago

        Ive recently stumbled on Fediseer, where instances can give recommendations, censures and hesitations to other instances. every instance also has its own page with their self-description, stats, recommendations, censures, etc. might be a helpful tool to narrow down the potential instances.

        • Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          That’s a good tip, it’s a good idea to subscribe to a Lemmy instance that participates in Fediseer (IMO). It helps to keep spammy instances off your own instance hence lower spam posts overall.

          A lot of spammers tend to spin up their own Lemmy instances just to spam the rest of the Fediverse, or they’ll create a ton of new accounts on an instance with lax admin/moderation to use for spam later.

          You don’t even need to browse the Fediseer website directly, pretty much all Lemmy instances participating in Fediseer will have the “Guarantor” and “Endorsements” links in the sidebar of their homepage.