GraphineJun 15, 2023

Is lemmy.world more active than lemmy.ml?

https://lemmy.world/post/141380

Is lemmy.world more active than lemmy.ml? - Lemmy.world

So apologies if this is a stupid question as I’m new to Lemmy. Came from Reddit. I moved to lemmy.world and have noticed that lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] has been popping up as another featured instance. What differs from lemmy.world vs lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml]? Is .ml more active? Part of why I ask this is because I downloaded the lemmur client on my phone and it defaults to lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml]. (Yes I’m aware that app is no longer being maintained) Again apologies for the stupid question.

Show threadShinJun 15, 2023
To my knowledge, the dev actively does not want .ml to be the main instance, and because of that a lot of people ended up (and still are) joining .world or beehaw. I fully expect .world to become the default at some point, it statistically has more active users and is outgrowing .ml at a rapid pace.
Show threadPreston Maness ☭

I fully expect .world to become the default at some point, it statistically has more active users and is outgrowing .ml at a rapid pace.

The whole point of federation is that there is no such thing as "the default." As soon as that happens, it becomes Just Another Reddit Clone.

Jun 15, 2023 at 1:53pmWeb
Show threaddeweydecibelJun 15, 2023

As soon as that happens, it becomes Just Another Reddit Clone.

Yes, and that's what a lot of people want. I feel like some are assuming centralization was something that was done to us, when really it's something users did to themselves. People want to be where everyone else is.

Show threadShinJun 16, 2023
I get what you're saying, but as of now a lot of people new to the concept of the Fediverse just don't care. They're going to join the instances with the most people. Like the Mastodon migration, this will inevitibly result in a "default" instance regardless of how people feel. Not sure if that'll change, unless something forces people to realize maintaining the decentralized aspect of these servives is very important.
Show threadPreston Maness ☭Jun 16, 2023

I get what you’re saying, but as of now a lot of people new to the concept of the Fediverse just don’t care. They’re going to join the instances with the most people. Like the Mastodon migration, this will inevitibly result in a “default” instance regardless of how people feel. Not sure if that’ll change, unless something forces people to realize maintaining the decentralized aspect of these servives is very important.

The masses need not understand the importance of decentralization. Only the admins of the instances do. And when admins seek to compulsively accumulate users en masse, rather than close off registration and route to other instances, it's a pretty obvious tell as to what they're doing.

Show threadShinJun 16, 2023
Hm, fair point actually. A lot of food for thought, so thanks on that. It does make me want to shift to another instance to keep the power balanced. Though losing all the comments and posts I've made up until this point isn't exactly enticing. Hopefully instance migration becomes better as time goes on.