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Graphine Jun 15, 2023

Is lemmy.world more active than lemmy.ml?

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.

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Shin Jun 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.

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Preston Maness ☭Jun 15, 2023

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.

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deweydecibel

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.